Implementation of SHRP 2 L12 Improving Traffic Incident Scene Management in Indiana

1. Implementation of SHRP 2 L12Improving Traffic Incident Scene Management in Indiana Tommy E. Nantung, INDOT R&D Major Tom Melville, SAIC- ISP Retired

2. Objectives of the Research • To establish the foundation for and promote best practice training for all First responder disciplines to achieve the three objectives of the National Unified Goal (NUG) for Traffic Incident Management (TIM) • Responder Safety • Safe, Quick Clearance • Prompt, Reliable, Interoperable communications

3. Implementation goals • To motivate responders from different stakeholder groups • Law enforcement, fire and rescue, emergency medical services (EMS), FHWA, State DOT’s, towing and recovery, Coroners, MPO’s and 911 dispatch, IDEM, IDoL, IDoH

4. Product to be Implemented • A multi-agency/multi-disciplinary course • Uses a variety of adult-learning techniques, including • Lecture- with attendee participation (Student Activities) • Interactive seminar • Case study analysis • Tabletop Hands-on (role-play) • Field activity (Situational Awareness) • A 2-day intensive format or a modular (11 single lessons) format can be used • A train-the-trainer curriculum to facilitate cost-effective cultivation of qualified trainers across the country.

5. Implementation in Indiana • Was the first Pilot state to receive this SHRP 2 training, 2010 • Major Melville (ISP) was an observer at the Georgia Pilot, 2010 • FHWA returned to Indiana, July 2011, to give a refresher and give Indiana the material to take this training statewide

6. Implementation in Indiana • This training will bring First Responder disciplines face to face to encourage pre-planning for future unscheduled incidents • Will encourage After Action Reviews from incidents that take more than two hours to complete or have extenuating circumstances • Will encourage reduction of Secondary crashes

7. Implementation in Indiana • Will encourage all Disciplines to work toward the “Open Roads Philosophy” which is: that all agency responders, after ensuring their own personal safety and the safety and security of any incident victims, will have as their top priority reducing congestion and the higher risks of secondary crashes for public/motorist safety.

8. Implementation in Indiana • If we can get this training to all first responder disciplines, IN-TIME believes we can reduce the amount of time it takes to open roadways. • Making the roadways more reliable to travelers to be open, • Reduce the amount of time First Responders are on the roadway and in harms way, • Reducing the opportunity for First Responders to be struck and injured or killed.

9. Implementation in Indiana • This “Open Roads Philosophy” • Reduce the opportunity for Secondary Crashes • Many times more severe and deadly than the first incident. • Nationwide Secondary Crashes are 21% of all crashes.

10. IN-TIMEINdiana’s– Traffic Incident Management Effort Major Thomas E. Melville Indiana State Police- Retired

11. What is Traffic Incident Management (TIM)? • The organized cooperative effort of multiple agencies to • detect & verify incidents • respond to & manage the scene • manage traffic • provide traveler information • clear the incident

12. Congestion Impact • For every minute that a freeway travel lane is blocked during a peak travel period, four minutes of travel delay results after the incident is cleared.

13. Indiana’s Effort • Quick Clearance Working Group • Formed January 2008 • Addressing a prioritized list of Quick Clearance Topics • Multidisciplinary approach • Agency Head buy-in

14. Indiana’s Effort • IN-TIME January 2009 • Multi-agency involvement • Multi-lateral agreements • Policy best practices • Training- multi discipline • Legislative action- • Hold Harmless • Abandoned vehicle • Move it law-

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16. Purpose for IN-TIME • To have traffic incident responders, from all disciplines, follow agreed-upon multi-lateral policies and procedures while being focused on the “Open Roads Philosophy”!

17. Working Together to make travel in Indiana safer and more efficient! Law Enforcement Fire/EMS Transportation Coroner Insurance Towing Recovery Cleanup

18. Safety Impact • Crashes that result from other incidents (secondary) are estimated to be 20% of all crashes. • Chances of a Secondary Crash increase by 2.8% for each minute the primary incident is not cleared. • These Secondary Crashes are estimated to cause 18% of deaths on freeways. • In 2008 21% of Indiana’s crashes showed vehicles “Slowed or stopped in traffic”, secondary crashes!

20. Incidents are classified by expected duration: • Minor- less than 30 minutes • Intermediate- 30 minutes - 2 hours • Major- over 2 hours • After Action Reviews • Statewide Program, not specific to one area

21. Indiana’s IN-TIME • Law Enforcement is the lead agency • Bylaws represent all First Responder Agencies • Met monthly for the past 3 years, now quarterly meetings statewide with emphasis on starting local TIM groups to meet monthly • Must have agency/assoc. head support • TIM has to be multi-discipline • TIM must have a Champion!!!

22. IN-TIME Representation • Indiana State Police • Sheriff’s Assoc. • Indiana Chief’s of Police • Fire Fighters Assoc. • Fire Chief’s Assoc. • Volunteer Firemen Assoc. • Towing Assoc. • Metropolitan Planning Agency • Coroner’s Association

23. IN-TIME Representation • Indiana Toll Road Commission • Indiana Motor Truck Assoc. • Medical EVAC Assoc. • Criminal Justice Institute • Indiana Department of Environmental Management • FHWA • Indiana Pipeline Assoc. • Integrated Public Safety Commission • Insurance Institute of Indiana

24. IN-TIME Representation • Indiana Department of Labor • Indiana Alliance of Hazardous Material Responders • Marion County Health Department • Indiana Wireless Enhanced 911 Advisory Board • Emergency Medical Services • Indiana State Fire Marshall • Indiana Department of Transportation

25. Lesson 10: Hands-On Activity

26. North Scenario: Stalled or Disabled Passenger Vehicle Buffered HOV lane Barrier Wall Dividers