Professional Development In Traffic Incident Management

1. Professional Development In Traffic Incident Management Wilmington FD Safety Health and Survival Week June 2008

2. Why the Need ?

3. Professional Development NFPA 1091-Emerging �Best Practices� are not always clearly identified and may not always be correct Respondersafety Learning Network-Need to deliver high quality content to responders consistently on their terms to meet their needs based on NUG concepts

4. NFPA

5. Existing Standards that Include TIM NFPA 1001 NFPA 1006 NFPA 1021 NFPA 1500 NFPA 1901* NFPA 1091 (Draft)

6. How an Idea can become a standard Anyone can request a new project Standards Council requests input and renders a decision If approved, assigned to a committee or a new committee established Committee develops draft document for public input (proposals) and enters revision cycle

7. NFPA 1091 Title and Scope Traffic Control Incident Management Professional Qualifications Standard identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) necessary to perform temporary traffic control duties at emergency incidents on, or near an active roadway

8. NFPA Committee Structure Committee Size: 30 Principals Alternates Nonvoting Committee Balance: Insurance - Consumer - Enforcing Authority - Labor - Installer/Maintenance - Manufacturer- Research/Testing - User - Special Expert

9. Committee Members Stephen P. Austin -Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen�s Association James G. Austrich DC Metropolitan Police Department David L. Bergner International Municipal Signal Association Robert P. Cumberland City of Westminster Police Department Robert L. Finley Fire Department Safety Officers Association Paul Jodoin Federal Highway Administration J. Thomas Martin I-95 Corridor Coalition Gary M. Millsaps Delcan Corporation Robert J. Pike Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner William Preston III Goldfein & Joseph, PC

10. Committee Members Brad Sprague IL State Police & Minooka Fire Protection District Jack Sullivan Loss Control Innovations Stacy C. Wertman National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health Tracie M. Young-Brungard E Pennsylvania Office of the State Fire Commissioner Bryant Stiles (Alternate) Kentucky State Fire Rescue Training Division Jeffrey M. Allen Irmo Fire District Allen W. Baldwin Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Stephen E. Carter Town of Littleton Fire Department Joseph W. Drennan Illinois Fire Service Institute

11. Committee Members Leslie J. Greenwood NY State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services NYS Incident Management Team Alvin Marquess Maryland State Highway Administration Carroll �Keck� Melby Hovland, MN T. J. Nedrow Washington State Department of Transportation National Volunteer Fire Council James E. Ploumis Peach Bottom, PA Angela Roper Nationwide Safety Consulting Victor Stagnaro National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Richard W. Toulson Delaware Volunteer Firefighters Association Michael A. Wieder OK State University

12. Committee Members Joseph Sagal (Alternate) Maryland State Highway Administration Michael J. Egan, Jr. Nonvoting Member Ansonia, CT Thomas McGowan Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association

13. Explanation of the Standard and Concepts of Job Performance Requirements (JPRs) The primary benefit of establishing national professional qualification standards is to provide both public and private sectors with a framework of the job requirements� Other benefits include enhancement of the profession, individual as well as organizational growth and development, and standardization of practices

14. Explanation continued NFPA professional qualifications standards identify the minimum JPRs. The standards can be used for training design and evaluation, certification, measuring and critiquing on-the-job performance, defining hiring practices, and setting organizational policies, procedures, and goals.

15. Five-Step Process 1. Call for Proposals 2. Report on Proposals (ROP) 3. Report on Comments (ROC) 4. Technical Committee Report (TCR) Session of the Annual NFPA Meeting 5. Standards Council Consideration/Issuance 1. Call for Proposals 2. Report on Proposals (ROP) 3. Report on Comments (ROC) 4. Technical Committee Report (TCR) Session of the Annual Meeting 5. Standards Council Consideration/Issuance The standards making development process is going through its own revision. The intent is to be more transparent and deliver the product and revision proposal and comments to the public sooner. The use of technology and the NFPA website is seen as a means to developing a �live-document� format. As details become available key people and the public will be informed. 1. Call for Proposals 2. Report on Proposals (ROP) 3. Report on Comments (ROC) 4. Technical Committee Report (TCR) Session of the Annual Meeting 5. Standards Council Consideration/Issuance The standards making development process is going through its own revision. The intent is to be more transparent and deliver the product and revision proposal and comments to the public sooner. The use of technology and the NFPA website is seen as a means to developing a �live-document� format. As details become available key people and the public will be informed.

16. NFPA 1091 Draft-23 Pages Total Chapter 1 Administration Chapter 2 Referenced Publications Chapter 3 Definitions Chapter 4 General Chapter 5 Traffic Control Incident Management Annex A Explanatory Material Annex B Explanation of the Standard and the Concepts of JPRs Annex C Informational References Index

17. Chapter 5 -13 JPR�s- About 4 Pages Demonstrate the appropriate use of personal protective equipment, warning signals, temporary traffic control devices and vehicle lighting, given a roadway incident, vehicle, policies and procedures, personal protective equipment and temporary traffic control devices so that the responder is protected, traffic is controlled, personal protective equipment is donned in accordance with AHJ, temporary traffic control (TTC) devices and vehicle lighting is deployed.

18. Requisites are included with JPR�s (A) Requisite Knowledge. Principles of temporary traffic control, traffic incident management area, policies and procedures, personal protective equipment, temporary traffic control devices, types and applications, driver reactions, hazards of traffic control, traffic patterns. (B) Requisite Skill. Personal protective equipment selection and usage, temporary traffic control devices selection and placement, flagging operations, sign placement, vehicle warning systems.

19. Some selected definitions Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) device. The primary functions at a traffic incident management area are to inform road users of the incident and to provide guidance information on the path to follow through the incident area Traffic Incident. An emergency road user occurrence, a natural disaster, or other unplanned event that affects or impedes the normal flow of traffic.

20. How you can get involved Stay tuned for the Call for Proposals and read the draft. Comment on existing draft and/or add your own comments. Anyone can submit a comment and all comments will be reviewed and action taken.

21. Portal to the Learning Network

22. Learning Network Concepts The network will reach thousands of roadway responders with life safety training to protect them while helping others at highway incidents. The internet based system will be available at no cost to students. The network will have the ability to maintain secure training records, provide testing as well as having webinar capabilities

23. Questions?