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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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2008EMT 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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Oklahoma 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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Recent Tow Operator “Struck-By”
August 10, 2009Newport News, VA
Operator struck & killed on shoulder of road while loading disabled minivan onto flatbed tow truck
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Dept. of Transportation “Struck-by”• 27 year veteran Caltrans worker hit, killed• July 23, 2009, Lodi, CA• Driver 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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If 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
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Sources of InformationMove Over Lawwww.moveoveramerica.com
MUTCDwww.mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov
I-95 Coalitionwww.i95coalition.org
Responder Safetywww.respondersafety.com
North Florida TPOwww.northfloridatpo.com
FHWAwww.fhwa.dot.gov
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Reducing LODDs
Can we reduce LODDs through Quicker Clearance?
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TIM Timeline
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Sources of Congestion
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Safe, 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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Safe, Quick ClearanceGoals• 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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Move Over Laws
Only the District of Columbia has no Move Over
Laws
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Driver Removal• Fender Bender, Move It, Steer Clear, Steer
It, Clear It• Minor, non-injury crashes, drivers exchange
information, and move vehicles from travel lanes
• Often contain a Hold Harmless clause• Dispatch should encourage motorists to
move the vehicles
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Authority Removal• Public agencies may clear damaged or
disabled vehicles and spilled cargo from the roadway
• Serious injury or fatality does not always preclude removal
• Often contain a Hold Harmless clause• Implemented in half of U.S. states
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Lane Designation Terminology
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Median
“Outside” Shoulder
Right Lane
Left Lane
“Inside”Shoulder
Northbound
Highway X
Southbound
Highway X
Common Response Terminology
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HOV Lane
Left Lane
Center Lane
Right Lane
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Non-BufferedHOV Lane
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BufferedHOV Lane
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Left Lane
Left Center Lane
Right Lane
‘Outside’
Right Center Lane
‘Inside’
Left
shou
lder
Rightshoulder
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Two Left Lanes
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Two Center Lanes
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Two Right Lanes
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Student Activity
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“UPSTREAM”
“DOWNSTREAM” Upstream & Downstream
If incident is here…
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The backup of approaching traffic is the “Queue”… pronounced “Q”
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Examples include:• ON-ramp/OFF-ramp• Service Road/Access Road• Distributor/Collector Road• Overpass/Underpass
Common Response Terminology
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Highway “X”
Highway “Y”
SOUTH
NORTH
WEST
EASTINCIDENT HERE
Describe this location
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Highway “X”
Highway “Y”
SOUTH
WEST
EASTINCIDENT HERE
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Hig
hway
“X”
Main Street
SOUTH
NORTH
INCIDENT HERE
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Hig
hway
“X”
Main Street
SOUTH
NORTHINCIDENT HERE
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Hig
hway
“X”
Main Street
SOUTH
NORTH
INCIDENT HERE
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Westbound Lane Eastbound Lane
Westbound
shoulder
Eastboundshoulder
Rural Roads Response Terminology
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Westbound Lane Eastbound Lane
Rural Roads Response Terminology
Eastbound Turn Lane
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Communication
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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TIM Timeline
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• Federal guideline for all traffic control Nationwide
• It also covers all ‘workers’ on all streets, roadways or highways
• This course addresses what is required to adhere to MUTCD standards
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
Chapter 6-I
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MUTCD also requiresLE, 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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Student Activity
• Arrival on Scene• Clearance of Scene• Command
Responsibilities• Hazard Control• Incident Notification• Investigation • Patient Care • Response to Incident• Windshield Size-Up of
Scene• Termination of Activities• Traffic Management
1. ________________________2. ________________________3. ________________________4. ________________________5. ________________________6. ________________________7. ________________________8. ________________________9. ________________________10. ________________________11. ________________________
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Lesson 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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