Executive Summary: Traffic Control Concepts for Incident Clearance

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic control
  • Incident management
  • Traffic incidents
  • Emergency management
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HOP-08-057x
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Description:
  Traffic control is the element of scene management that secures the scene, protects other motorists, and allows the first responders the opportunity to safely deploy the necessary actions. Responders that are first on the scene (law enforcement, fire-rescue, or transportation service patrols) implement traffic control utilizing the tools immediately available to them, highlighting the importance that they carry the right tools and have the training to safely implement traffic control under time-limiting conditions. It is also equally important to adapt the incident traffic control needs to changing conditions and to coordinate traffic control needs through the incident command system (ICS), a federally adopted approach for the systematic management of incidents. While the traffic control will fluctuate with the needs of the first responders, it still must be responsive to the impacts of traffic flow.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/94158/dot_94158_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 761.34 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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