Development of a highway incident management operational and training guide for incident responders in Illinois.

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• Creators:
  Zhou, Huaguo ; Fries, Ryan ; Williamson, Michael ; Tian, Zhaofeng ; Vaughn, Brent
• Corporate Creators:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  Illinois. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency training
  • Incident management
  • Traffic incidents
  • Nonrecurrent congestion
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-ICT-11-088
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Abstract:
  Each year highway traffic incidents, such as crashes, place responders on and beside roadways with ; dangerous high-speed traffic. The unexpected conditions of an incident scene have the potential to surprise ; unsuspecting or inattentive drivers, possibly causing an additional crash, termed a secondary incident. ; Because responder safety is a key priority of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois ; Center for Transportation, and because secondary incidents are frequently more severe than the initial incident, ; ICT researchers, guided by a technical review panel (TRP) of members from multiple incident response ; agencies, studied ways to improve responder safety in Illinois through a training program. A survey of incident ; response agencies throughout Illinois was conducted to assess the current level and type of incident ; management training provided to each group of responders. The research team reviewed the current training ; materials at federal, state, regional, and organizational levels. Based on the statewide survey, comprehensive ; literature reviews, and inputs from the TRP members, a training program was developed. The training intends ; to provide the necessary inter-disciplinary knowledge to incident responders in Illinois. The main objective of ; the training is to keep responders safe, prevent secondary incidents, and reduce fatalities in Illinois, while ; reducing non-recurring congestion caused by the incidents. The training includes approximately 6.5 hours of ; classroom time and is divided into eight modules, each providing valuable training to incident responders. The ; training program was pilot tested in two regions of Illinois prior to finalization. The pilot training sessions ; received very positive feedback from over 50 participants.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  ICT R27-64
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23135/dot_23135_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 658.81 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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