Integration of the incident command system (ICS) protocol for effective coordination of multi-agency response to traffic incidents : final report.

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• Creators:
  Ogle, Jennifer H ; Chowdhury, Ronnie ; Huynh, Nathan N. ; Davis, Jeffrey ; Xie, Yuanchang
• Corporate Creators:
  Clemson University
• Contributors:
  Casteel, Meredith W.
• Corporate Contributors:
  South Carolina. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Materials and Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Best Practices Coroner Crash Hazmat Highway Traffic Control Incident Management Traffic Incident Management Towing
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SC-17-07
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;South Carolina
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  South Carolina. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  In recent years, there has been an increased focus on Traffic Incident Management (TIM) and
  
  incorporation of the Incident Command System (ICS) to reduce traffic congestion on the nation's
  
  Interstates. In fact, studies show that for every minute a freeway lane is blocked due to an incident,
  
  there is a corresponding time of four minutes of travel delay, and the likelihood of a secondary crash
  
  increases by 2.8% for every minute that the primary incident remains a hazard. Efficiencies resulting
  
  from adoption of coordinated multi-agency response through ICS can reduce the impact of non-recurrent
  
  traffic congestion caused by traffic incidents on major roadways. This project investigated
  
  the effectiveness of multi-stakeholder agency coordinated ICS strategies for managing traffic
  
  incidents by considering their potential impacts in reducing incident duration. Between 2012 and
  
  2013, there were 129 fatal incidents recorded on SC Interstates. Roughly half of the fatal incident
  
  recovery times (dispatch of response to incident cleared) were in excess of six hours, with maximum
  
  recovery times well over 12 hours. These clearance and recovery times are significantly higher than
  
  those in other states. States which have implemented enhanced ICS and TIM procedures are
  
  consistently achieving major incident clearance times of one and a half hours or less. After analyzing
  
  the current state-of-practice in South Carolina, and national best practices, the potential areas for
  
  improvement in incident response were identified. The TIM areas most in need of improvement were
  
  response and clearance strategies, with major gaps noted in towing, coroner, HAZMAT, and crash
  
  investigation procedures.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR No. 699
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32407/dot_32407_DS1.pdf
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