Safe Incident Management Work Zones

1. Safe Incident Management Work Zones

2. SPO C. R. Moore Atlanta Police Department Special Operations Section Hit & Run / Traffic Fatality Unit 404.765.2808 x121 crmoore@atlantaga.gov

3. Average Number of First Responder Fatalities annually while working Traffic incidents Fire and EMS: 6 to 8 annually Police: 10 to 12 annually Tow &Recovery: 50 annually

4. Definition : Incident Management Work Zone Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Section 61.01

5. A traffic incident is an emergency road user occurrence, a natural disaster, or other unplanned event that affects or impedes the normal flow of traffic.

6. A traffic incident management area is an area of a highway where temporary traffic controls are imposed by authorized officials in response to a road user incident…

7. It is a type of temporary traffic control zone and extends from the first warning devise to the last temporary traffic control device…

8. …or to a point where vehicles return to the original lane alignment and clear of the incident.

9. Three General Classes of Duration Major– expected duration of more than two hours Intermediate– expected duration of 30 minutes to 2 hours Minor– expected duration under thirty minutes

10. Primary Functions of Incident Management Work Zones Move the motorist safely and expeditiously past or around the incident. Reduce the likelihood of secondary traffic crashes Preclude unnecessary use of the surrounding road system.

11. Five areas of the Incident Management Work Zones 1. Advance Warning Area – This allows for a safe reduction of speed for vehicles approaching the incident.

12. Five areas of the Incident Management Work Zones 35 mph – 100’ 45 mph – 150’ 55 mph – 200’ 65 mph – 250’ Advance Warning Area

13. Five areas of the Incident Management Work Zones 2. Transition Area - to funnel vehicles from multiple lanes into a flowing reduced lane.

14. Five areas of the Incident Management Work Zones 3. Lateral Buffer Zone – creates an extra margin of safety. Incident Lane + 1

15. Five areas of the Incident Management Work Zones 4. Work Area – This is the safe zone for citizens involved in the incident as well as first responders.

16. Five areas of the Incident Management Work Zones 5. Termination Area – releases traffic back to its normal flow.

17. Safe Positioning of Vehicles 30 degrees with the front of the vehicle facing away from the traffic Wheels should be turned towards the road edge so if the vehicle is struck it will not roll out into traffic

18. Blocking To position an apparatus or vehicle at an angle to halt the flow of moving traffic in one or more lanes.

19. Shadow This covers the 4th stage (Work Area) of the Incident Management Work Zone. All work on the incident will take place within the shadow.

20. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work zones A Multiple Vehicle Freeway Collision with Commercial Vehicle & Bus All Lanes Blocked

21. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones School Bus Passenger Cars Tractor – trailer 6 Vehicle Incident – All Lanes Blocked

22. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Police Units Arrive: Establish Incident Command & Temporarily block all lanes until a Incident Management Work Zone can be established.

23. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones HERO arrives and Establishes Incident Management Work Zone on both sides of the Incident Police Units: Re-deployed inside Incident Management Work Zone Re-open 1 Lane: HERO & Police to direct traffic through scene

24. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones EMS Arrives. Parks inside “Shadow” and close to Injured. Shadow

25. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Fire Apparatus arrive. Incident Command transferred to Fire. 2 Battalion 6 Engines 2 Ladder Trucks HERO Re-deployed inside Incident Management Work Zone

26. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Tow Service Arrives. Parks inside Incident Management Work Zone.

27. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Paramedic Engines, Ladder Trucks, and 1 Battalion go back in service Bus arrives to transport occupants of Damaged Bus off Scene. Parks inside Incident Management Work Zone EMS Transports injured to Hospital

28. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Occupants of Bus transported off Scene First 2 Vehicle Towed from Scene. Priority – Vehicle blocking far right lane & Tractor trailer.

29. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Break down Incident Management Work Zone on Right side of roadway. Shrink size of existing Incident Management Work Zone on left side of roadway. Open 3 lanes using Emergency lane for travel Re-Deploy Police & HERO to Incident Management Work Zone on Left Side of Roadway.Police Unit deployed on right side go back in service Remaining Fire Units go back in service. Incident Command transferred to Police.

30. Example : Quick Clearance Using Incident Management Work Zones Tow Service Arrives. Parks inside Incident Management Work Zone.

31. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones The Bus and 2 more Vehicles Removed from the Scene.

32. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Shrink size of existing Incident Management Work Zone. Open 4 lanes. Stop using Emergency lane for travel One Hero Unit and all Police Unit except 1 go back in service.

33. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Final Tow Truck arrives.

34. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Final Vehicle Towed from Scene.

35. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones Breaking Down the Incident Management Work Zone. First remove cones. 1 2 3 Vehicles then clear scene – 1, 2, 3

36. Example : Quick ClearanceUsing Incident Management Work Zones All Lanes Open

37. SPO C. R. Moore Atlanta Police Department Special Operations Section Hit & Run / Traffic Fatality Unit 404.765.2808 x121 crmoore@atlantaga.gov