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Template Instructions

This CDOT program and information presentation template has been developed as an additional resource for TIM Team groups.
The purpose of this template is to provide additional information regarding CDOT communication paths, resource requests, service patrol, and TIM Team trainings and subcommittees.
Information about each slide can be found on the slide notes.
This information is not applicable in all areas. Please check with your TIM Team POC for information.
Notes to authors and editable text is denoted in [highlighted brackets in red]. Notes in brackets should be updated with the applicable information or deleted, as appropriate.
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CO State Statutes - 2016

C.R.S. 42-4-106

Authorizes local and state agencies to restrict right to use the streets and highways

42-4-111

List the powers of local authorities with respect to streets and highways

42-4-1803

Authorizes local authorities to move abandoned vehicles

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CO State Statutes - 2016

CRS 42-4-1602 – Move-It Law

Authorizes vehicles to be moved as soon as practicable after an accident

CRS 42-4-705 – Move-Over Law

Dictates vehicles need to yield and move to the farthest travel lane when approaching an incident

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Expanded CDOT Corridor Services

[area/region] Incident Commander
[area/region] Corridor Operations Manager
CDOT Safety Patrol

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Incident Command Vehicles

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Roles & Responsibilities

Stakeholder	Duties and Responsibilities
CDOT Incident Commander [Contact Information]	Situational awareness – Notified by TOC or dispatch. Responds to scene for intermediate & major incidents Quick Clearance Advocate Supports Region’s response to incidents	Supports traffic control strategies Supports and coordinates with safety patrol Participates in [TIMP/Group Name] TIM Team Supports unified command, as necessary
CDOT [area/region] Corridor Operations Manager [Contact Information]	Situational awareness – Notified by TOC or IC. Typically does not respond to scene Typically not involved with �on-scene Unified Command	Involved with large scale incidents as part of CDOT UC May participate in special even planning with Region staff

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Roles & Responsibilities

Current Traffic Incident Management procedures will remain in place
CDOT’s Incident Commander and [TIMP/Group Name] Corridor Operations Manager will support [TIMP/Group Name] TIM efforts
IC & Operations Manager will be active participants in the established TIM Team group
New subcommittees may be formed, but all new services will be introduced to the group through the TIM Team

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CDOT Region IC Orientation Team

Individuals

Meeting Plan

CDOT [insert region] �Safety Officer

CDOT Incident Commander

0-3 Months�Monthly Meetings

3-6 Months�Bi-weekly Meetings

After 6 Months�Meet as Needed

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[Region] IC Team

Individuals

Meeting Plan

CDOT [insert region] �Safety Officer

CDOT Incident Commander

CDOT [insert region] Traffic Operations Eng.

CSP �Captain

0-3 months�Bi-weekly Meetings

3-6 months�Monthly Meetings

After 6 months

Meet as Needed

Participate in �[TIMP/Group Name] TIM Team

Attend monthly maintenance meetings

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[TIMP/Group Name] IC Team

Individuals

Meeting Plan

CDOT [insert region] �Safety Officer

CDOT Incident Commander

CDOT [insert region] Traffic Operations Eng.

CSP �Captain

0-3 months�Monthly Meetings

CDOT [TIMP Area] Corridor �Ops. Manager

After 3 months�Quarterly Meetings �3 months

Participate in �[TIMP/Group Name] TIM Team

Attend quarterly maintenance meetings

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Small group of TIM Team members that focus on advancing a particular TIM topic
Developed according to area’s needs
Examples of Subcommittees

Communications
Location specific training (‘don’t cut the cable’)
Jurisdictional Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

TIM Team Subcommittees

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Multidiscipline TIM trainings can help First Responders learn how to operate more efficiently and collectively.
Trainings can be individualized to your area

FHWA’s SHRP2
Incident Communication
‘Don’t cut the cable’

TIM Trainings

Push Bumpers
Mark/Move

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Subcommittees

Small group of TIM Team members that focus on advancing a particular TIM topic

Communications
Jurisdictional MOU

Trainings

Multidiscipline TIM trainings can help First Responders learn how to operate more efficiently and collectively.

FHWA’s SHRP2
Incident Communication
‘Don’t cut the cable’

TIM Team Activities

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TIM IC Communication Pathway

CDOT �Region [#]

Traffic Operations Engineer

Region Safety Officer

Maintenance Area Supervisor

Highway Repair

CDOT HQ

Div Maint & Operations

Public Information

CSP�[Name] Com

CSP Captain

CSP Troops

CDOT �[Name]

Corridor�Ops. Manager

Incident Commander

Motorist Safety Patrol

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TIM Resource Locations

CDOT �[Name]

Traveler Information

Motorist Safety Patrol

CDOT Incident Commander Notification

CDOT Hwy Ops. Manager

CDOT �Region [#]

Work Zone & Construction

Incident �Traffic Control

Highway Repair

Debris

CDOT HQ�(Denver)

Traffic Incident Management Program Planning

Public Information

CSP�[Name] Com

CDOT Call for Service�- CTMC / HLT�- Maintenance Area Supervisor

Resource Center

Resource & Communication Center

Communication Center

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[Insert Description if applicable]
Service date
Vehicle allocation
Boundaries
Time of Operation

[TIMP/Group Name] �Motorist Safety Patrol

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Standard duties include:

[Insert if applicable]

Dispatched via

[Insert if applicable]

[TIMP/Group Name] �Motorist Safety Patrol

Freeway Service Patrol - Hawaii

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Traffic Incident Management Program: Introduction & Call to Action

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Traffic incident management (TIM) is a planned and coordinated program to detect and remove incidents and restore traffic capacity as safely and as quickly as possible. (FHWA)

Benefits of TIM

Saves Lives
Saves Money
Saves Time

CDOT’s Metro Safety Patrol historic B/C is 20:1

Nationally, B/C ranges from 2:1 to 36:1 for TIM program elements

What is Traffic Incident Management?

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Work together and establish multi-agency partnerships to advance the delivery of Traffic Incident Management (TIM) services and products by:

Improving responder safety
Enhancing safe and quick clearance of traffic incidents
Supporting prompt, reliable, and interoperable communications
Reducing secondary incidents
Support economic vitality by minimizing delay

Our Mission

This effort is about safety for everyone – responders and travelers
We’ll achieve safety improvements by improving our functions as a team

Public works (including DOTs) and emergency service providers across the US are coming together to improve safety and operations for all service providers and users.

TIM links us all together by putting our mutual responsibilities into a single perspective and linking to the NUG (National Unified Goal)

• The National Unified Goal (“The NUG”) is a GOAL that is being formally adopted by the national organizations that represent the many disciplines that respond to traffic incidents.

• The National Unified Goal is:

o Responder Safety;

o Safe, Quick Clearance; and

o Prompt, Reliable, Interoperable Communications.

We’ve added reducing secondary incidents

We’ve added support economic vitality by minimizing delay

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Traffic crashes and struck-by incidents are the leading causes of on-duty injuries and deaths for responders
1 minute of incident = +2.8% likelihood of a secondary crash (A 36 minute queue will likely result in a secondary crash)
1 minute of blocked lane = 4 minutes of delay�(15 minutes of lane blockage = 1 hour to return to �pre-incident conditions)

Promote Safety by Addressing Congestion

Clearly, the best place to be is not on the side of the highway!
When we clear scenes quicker we protect ourselves and promote smoother traffic flow

Increase Responder Safety

o One of the leading causes of death and injury for emergency responders is being struck by vehicles while working alongside the roadway.

o Improved incident management reduces responder risk by improving traffic control at incident scenes and reducing incident duration and risk exposure.

Reduce Traffic Congestion

o Traffic incidents account for about one-quarter of all congestion on U.S. roadways.

o For every minute that a freeway travel lane is blocked during a peak travel period, four minutes of travel delay results after the incident is cleared.

o Safer, more efficient traffic incident management will reduce congestion by reducing incident duration and preventing secondary incidents.

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TIM Organizational Structure

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TIM Workgroups

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Formed in 2015 following FHWA TIM Self-assessment
Recruit support and participation
Set and pursue meaningful goals
Solve current and future issues
Cultivate our teams and train together
Develop dedicated funding to address needs for all
Report on Program Status including performance measures and benefit/cost

Colorado First Responder Safety Task Force

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One Scene Culture, One Team Results
Multi-disciplinary Trust Built on Vision, Competence, and Character
Common Understanding of Success
Train Together
Habit of Continuous Improvement

Successful TIM Program at Maturity

Achieve future state by aiming for common target

Achieve one scene culture through respectful conflict, “plain language”, keep working at it

Example: common implementation/execution of Colorado’s Quick Clearance Statute CRS 42-4-1803 by all agencies

Regarding Obstructions: Law enforcement agents are authorized to cause the motor vehicle, vehicle, cargo, or debris to be moved to eliminate any such obstruction; and neither the officer, the agency employee, nor anyone acting under the direction of such officer or employee shall be liable for any damage to such motor vehicle, vehicle, cargo, or debris occasioned by such removal.

�(2) Whenever any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, marshal, Colorado state patrol officer, agent of the Colorado bureau of investigation, or agency employee finds a motor vehicle, vehicle, cargo, or debris, attended or unattended, standing upon any portion of a highway right-of-way in such a manner as to constitute an obstruction to traffic or proper highway maintenance, such officer or The removal process is intended to clear the obstruction, but such activity should create as little damage as possible to the vehicle, or cargo, or both. No agency employee shall cause any motor vehicle to be moved unless such employee has obtained approval from a local law enforcement agency of a municipality, county, or city and county, the Colorado bureau of investigation, or the Colorado state patrol.

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Facilitate a continuing dialog about TIM best practices

Local leadership

Specific to the area and local jurisdictions

Collaboration in:

Executing mutually beneficial training
Enhancing communication
Maintaining current agency contact information
Training together
Developing MOUs
Funding of TIM programs
Data collection/performance measure tracking

Corridor TIM Teams

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One Scene Culture

Northern Colorado Case Study

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Northern Colorado Case Study

March 23, 2013

3 mile scene
60+ vehicles involved - 40 Individual crashes w/54 Tows
20 Fire apparatus
54 Fire personnel
11 patients transported
Semi-truck fire w/HazMat
I-25 Closed for approximately 8 hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt9x3_3RErA

Catalyst for Change

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One Scene Culture

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Building partnerships by establishing minimum of one TIM Team per CDOT Region by June 30, 2016
Integrating CDOT TOC systems with CAD systems to improve communication and situational awareness
Expanding Safety Patrol Service and CDOT ICs into Northern Colorado and Colorado Springs areas
Updating CDOT’s training and practices to reflect the current state of TIM
Actively training on TIM with responders around the state

Colorado TIM Highlights

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Current Trainings

FHWA SHRP2 4 hour
FHWA SHRP2 12 hour (Train-the-Trainer)
Corridor Specific TIMP Training
Executive Level Briefings
Public Safety Conference Presentations

Paradigm shift

Multi-disciplinary approach
Putting training into action

TIM Training

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Contact Us

Ryan Rice

CDOT

Ryan.Rice@state.co.us

Major Tim Keeton

Colorado State Patrol

Tim.Keeton@state.co.us