Development of a highway incident management operational and training guide : phase II.

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• Creators:
  Fries, Ryan ; Zhou, Huaguo ; Williamson, Michael ; Yiu, Yu Liang ; Qu, Yuhui ; Gu, Patrick
• Corporate Creators:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; Illinois. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency medical services
  • Traffic accidents
  • Highway safety
  • Occupational safety
  • Emergency training
  • Incident management
  • Training programs
  • Secondary collisions
  • Computer programs
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-ICT-14-017 ; ICT-14-019 ; UILU-ENG-2014-2021
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Abstract:
  The overall goal of both phases of this project was to reduce responder fatalities and injuries, as well as to prevent ; secondary crashes, especially those involving incident responders. The phases of this project worked toward this goal ; by creating training materials to help incident responders work more safely and effectively. ; To address the need for promptly training all traffic incident responders in the state of Illinois, Phase II of this project ; created online modules to supplement the in-class training developed in Phase I. Based on the recommendations of the ; Technical Review Panel, responder feedback, and suggestions from the Federal Highway Administration, we identified ; material that could be presented online as a prerequisite to the classroom-based training. ; Additionally, this project modified the existing in-class training to obtain endorsement by the Federal Highway ; Administration as equivalent to their national program. The researchers created 11 online training modules, each lasting ; between 15 and 30 minutes, to allow responders to view a whole module in one sitting. The researchers also created an ; online training video game and an in-class trivia game. The video game allows responders to refine their traffic control ; and vehicle-positioning skills. The trivia game helps reinforce knowledge gained during the in-class training. ; Together, the online and in-class training materials created throughout both phases of this research project can provide ; education to those responding to traffic incidents in Illinois. It is expected that as more responders completing this ; training program, their incident-scene safety will also improve.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  R27-118
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27874/dot_27874_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.78 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ae5ddc4c08ef74b62a046456e215a7409598557d0b07af036a21b706241b6ba8