May 2011 Police Officer Kevin Will was struck and killed as he investigated a hitandrun accident in Houston TX The driver drove around emergency vehicles before hitting Officer Will March 2011 ID: 801907
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Law Enforcement LODDs
May, 2011-
Police Officer Kevin Will was struck and killed as he investigated a hit-and-run accident in Houston, TX. The driver drove around emergency vehicles before hitting Officer Will.
March, 2011-
While making a traffic stop on Interstate 290 near Buffalo, NY Trooper Kevin Dobson was struck and killed by a passing motorist.
January, 2009-
Officer
Jarod
Dean was struck and killed while clearing debris from a previous accident on State Route 8, Boston Heights, OH.
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EMT Cheryl Kiefer, Age: 23
Agency: Jackson Community Ambulance, Jackson, MI Cause of Death:
Struck at
scene
Paramedic
Christa Burchett, Age: 33
Agency: Paintsville Fire - Rescue - EMS, Paintsville, KY
Cause of Death: Struck at scene
EMS “Struck-By” LODDs
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Slide3Oklahoma Double “Struck-By”
October 6, 2002, 4:30 p.m.
Paramedics Shawn Skelly, 27, and Michael Gilmore, 32, were treating the driver of a
vehicle that had left the roadway during a severe rainstorm on I-35 north of Ardmore
near Davis, OK. As they were preparing to load the patient into their ambulance, a Ford Explorer that had not slowed down, but had gone around traffic that had slowed for the original accident, hydroplaned on the highway, striking all three, killing them instantly.
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Slide4Recent Tow Operator “Struck-By”
August 10, 2009
Newport News, VAOperator struck & killed on shoulder of road while loading disabled minivan onto flatbed tow truck
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Slide5Dept. of Transportation “Struck-by”
27 year veteran Caltrans worker hit, killedJuly 23, 2009, Lodi, CADriver on weed maintenance crew
The Caltrans crew had put up signs to alert oncoming traffic that workers were present.At about 2 p.m., victim got out of his truck, and a passing truck hit him.
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Slide6If this is how you position apparatus and allow your personnel to operate while working in or near moving traffic….. You will be next on the LODD list!
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Slide7Sources of Information
Move Over Law
www.moveoveramerica.com
MUTCD
www.mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov
I-95 Coalition
www.i95coalition.org
Responder Safety
www.respondersafety.com
North Florida TPO
www.northfloridatpo.com
FHWA
www.fhwa.dot.gov
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Slide8Reducing LODDs
Can we reduce LODDs through
Quicker Clearance
?
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Slide9TIM Timeline
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Slide10Sources of Congestion
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Slide11Safe, Quick
Clearance…
Second of the three main NUG objectives, it is the
practice of rapidly, safely, and aggressively removing temporary obstructions from the roadway.
Disabled vehicles
Wrecked vehicles
Safe, Quick Clearance
Debris
Spilled cargo
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Slide12Safe, Quick Clearance
Goals
Restore the roadway to its pre-incident capacity as quickly and safely as possible
Minimize motorists
delays though traffic control, lighting, and opening of lanes
Make effective use of all clearance resources
Enhance the safety of responders and motorists
Protect the roadway system and private property from unnecessary damage during the removal process
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Slide13Move Over Laws
Only the District of Columbia has no Move Over Laws
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Slide14Driver Removal
Fender Bender, Move It, Steer Clear, Steer It, Clear ItMinor,
non-injury crashes, drivers exchange information, and
move vehicles from travel lanesOften contain a Hold Harmless clause
Dispatch should encourage motorists to
move the vehicles
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Slide15Authority Removal
Public agencies may clear damaged or disabled vehicles and spilled cargo from the roadway
Serious injury or fatality does not always
preclude removalOften contain a Hold Harmless clauseImplemented in half of U.S. states
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Slide16Lane
Designation
Terminology
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Slide17Median
“Outside”
Shoulder
Right Lane
Left Lane
“Inside”
Shoulder
Northbound
Highway X
Southbound
Highway X
Common Response Terminology
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Slide18HOV Lane
Left Lane
Center Lane
Right Lane
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Slide19Non-Buffered
HOV Lane
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Slide20Buffered
HOV Lane
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Slide21Left Lane
Left Center Lane
Right Lane
‘Outside’
Right Center Lane
‘Inside’
Left
shoulder
Right
shoulder
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Slide22Two Left Lanes
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Slide23Two
Center
Lanes
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Slide24Two Right Lanes
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Slide26Student Activity
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Slide27“UPSTREAM”
“DOWNSTREAM”
Upstream & Downstream
If incident
is here…
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Slide28The backup of approaching traffic is the “Queue”
… pronounced “Q”
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Slide29Examples include:
ON-ramp/OFF-ramp
Service Road/Access Road
Distributor/Collector Road
Overpass/Underpass
Common Response Terminology
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Slide30Highway “X”
Highway “Y”
SOUTH
NORTH
WEST
EAST
INCIDENT HERE
Describe this location
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Slide31Highway “X”
Highway “Y”
SOUTH
WEST
EAST
INCIDENT HERE
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Slide32Highway “X”
Main Street
SOUTH
NORTH
INCIDENT HERE
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Slide33Highway “X”
Main Street
SOUTH
NORTH
INCIDENT
HERE
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Slide34Highway “X”
Main Street
SOUTH
NORTH
INCIDENT HERE
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Slide35Westbound
Lane
Eastbound
Lane
Westbound
shoulder
Eastbound
shoulder
Rural Roads Response Terminology
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Slide36Westbound
Lane
Eastbound
Lane
Rural Roads Response Terminology
Eastbound
Turn Lane
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Slide37Communication
Accurate, clear
communication
, means responders arrive at the scene sooner and clear the incident
sooner meeting quick clearance
goals and improving safety for themselves and accident victims.
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Slide38TIM Timeline
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Slide39Federal guideline for all traffic control Nationwide
It also covers all ‘workers’ on all streets, roadways or highwaysThis course addresses what is required to adhere to MUTCD standards
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
Chapter 6-I
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Slide40MUTCD also requires
LE, F/R,
EMS &
T&R establish a
“
Traffic Incident
Management Area”
This course
addresses
the best practices recommended in the MUTCD
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Slide41Student Activity
Arrival on Scene
Clearance of Scene
Command ResponsibilitiesHazard Control
Incident NotificationInvestigation
Patient Care Response to IncidentWindshield Size-Up of Scene
Termination of ActivitiesTraffic Management
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Slide42Lesson Objectives
Recognize incident statistics
Restate NIMS-compliant core industry terminology for each discipline group
List the principle laws that relate to Quick Clearance
Recall the terminology used to describe roadways
Identify the principles discussed in the MUTCD
Arrange the phases of incident response or duties in chronological order as taught in the course
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