Powerpoint presentation from Ohio.

* Simplified Guide to the Incident Command System for Transportation Professionals, FHWA-HOP-06-004, EDL Number 14234 * Incident Management Performance Measures Study, November 2002 * Incident Management Successful Practices: A Cross-Cutting Study, April 2000, FHWA-JPO-99-018, FTA-TRI-11-99-09, EDL #11484 * Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Chapter 6I - Control of Traffic Trough Traffic Incident Management Areas, November 2003 * Proceedings from the National Conference on Traffic Incident Management, June 2002 * Regional Traffic Incident Management Programs: Implementation Guide, May 2001, FHWA-OP-01-002, FTA-TRI-11-00-03, EDL# 13149 * Traffic Incident Management Handbook, November 2000, EDL# 13286 * Traffic Incident Management Self Assessment National Detail Summary Report, November 2002 * Traffic Incident Management Self Assessment National Executive Summary Report, October 2003 * Traffic Incident Management Self Assessment Guide, November 2002 * Alternate Route Handbook, FHWA-HOP-06-092, EDL No. 14261, May 2006

The purpose of this Simplified Guide is to introduce the ICS to stakeholders who may be called upon to provide specific expertise, assistance, or material during highway incidents but who may be largely unfamiliar with ICS organization and operations. These stakeholders include transportation agencies and companies involved in towing and recovery, as well as elected officials and government agency managers at all levels. This document may also be beneficial to public safety professionals, who are familiar with ICS but may not fully understand how ICS concepts are applicable to transportation agencies.

Control of Traffic Through Incident Management Areas

Quick clearance is the practice of rapidly and safely removing temporary obstructions from the roadway. This synthesis profiles laws, policies, and procedures for facilitating the safe and quick clearance of traffic incidents, primarily those initially blocking travel lanes and attended to by the vehicle operator, on highways in urban and rural areas. The study also reports on specific-site traffic incident clearance and investigation activities employed nationwide to quickly mitigate incidents of varying severity, from a vehicle disablement or minor crash to a serious crash or nonhazardous spill.

The Coalition I-95 developed a “Toolkit for Deploying Traffic Incident Management/Quick Clearance (TIM/QC) Best Practices” and a two-part workshop aimed at key agency and legislative staff and TIM leadership. The scope of project addressed all levels of implementation mechanisms from operational best practices and administrative actions that can be undertaken by agencies acting alone and in partnership with others, to regulatory actions that require a more formal process (such as “rule making”), and statutory actions.