1. National Traffic Incident Management Responder Training Update
SHRP2 L12 & L32A, L32B & L32C
Jennifer Toth
State Engineer, Deputy Director for Transportation, ADOT
Jeff Lindley
Associate Administrator, Office of Operations, FHWA

2. SHRP2 12/EDC2 TIM Responder Training Curriculum
Introduction
TIM Fundamentals & Terminology
Notification & Scene Size-Up
Safe Vehicle Positioning
Scene Safety
Command Responsibilities
Traffic Management
Special Circumstances
Clearance & Termination
Tabletop Exercise
Outdoor Situational Awareness Activity
A year ago at the Pittsburgh meeting, we talked to you about a new product from the SHRP2 program – a traffic incident responder training course. This product was also adopted as an EDC2 priority and implementation was just beginning at that point.
Today, we want to update you on progress over the last year, tell you about what is coming next, and seek your participation and assistance.
As a reminder of what we are talking about, this slide is an outline of the full training course and the topics covered. This material can be tailored to fit into a time block as short as four hours or as long as two days. The individual modules can also be presented in a shortened fashion so that they can be presented at roll call at a State Police barracks, for example, or other short training opportunities.
The target audience for the course is everyone who has a role in responding to and managing the impacts of traffic incidents – police, fire, EMS, State DOT service patrols and maintenance. towers, etc.

3. SHRP2 L32A/EDC2 TIM Responder Training – Classroom Offering: Train-the-Trainer (TtT) Implementation Goals 12/2014
FHWA Leadership to Foster Transportation & Public Safety Executive-Level Engagement Support of L12 National Deployment.
TIM Responder Training Implementation Plan in Place & Executed Every State Plus DC & PR
At least 1 TtT Session in Every State Plus DC & PR focused on Large Metro Areas: Total of at Least 75 Sessions
Train 2,500+ Instructors(State/local) to Deliver Classroom Sessions
Train over 50,000 in Classroom Settings.
FHWA has formed an Executive Leadership Group to help focus attention on this and other traffic incident management products and topics. AASHTO is represented on that group.
The overall deployment goal for the traffic incident management training product is to hold at least one train-the-trainer classroom session in every State (plus DC and Puerto Rico), and additional sessions in States with large metropolitan areas, all by the end of 2014.
We hope to hold at least 75 train-the-trainer sessions, train at least 2,500 instructors, and have those instructors train at least 50,000 responders in classroom settings.
Our ultimate goal is that all of the nation’s 1-2 million first responders will receive this training over the next 5 years.

4. National TIM Responder Training Implementation Progress As of 10-18-13AK NH WA VT ME MT ND MN MA OR ID WI NY SD MI WY CT RI PA IA OH NE NJ IL IN NV WV DE UT VA CA CO KS MO MD KY NC DC TN AZ OK SC NM AR GA MS AL
Here’s where we stand – we have made good progress!
To date, we’ve held 46 sessions in 29 States and have trained over 17,500 responders (this last number is likely low as it relies on trainers entering information into the national reporting system – this lags a bit behind training conducted). There are also 3 States where training equivalent to the SHRP2 training course is being offered.
But we have already picked the “low hanging fruit” and will need a real push over the next year to get to the remaining 20 States. If you are one of the States not colored in, expect to hear from your FHWA Division office and from AASHTO staff, and expect that the public safety leadership in your State will hear from their associations and counterparts. Delivery of this training across the country has been identified as a priority by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and they are pushing hard on their members to participate. TX LA HI PR FL
29 States
46 Sessions
17,500+ Responders Trained
National Responder Training in Progress
Equivalent to the National Training in Progress
TtT’s Scheduled
Train the Trainer Location

5. SHRP2 L32B TIM Responder Training eLearning
Based on L12 Curriculum
Completion/Pilot early 2014
FHWA / AASHTO Assume Implementation Spring 2014
National Highway Institute to host
As valuable as the classroom training is for those who receive it, we know that we can’t reach up to 2 million first responders by relying solely on classroom training. That’s why an eLearning course is currently being developed based on the SHRP2 curriculum.
This course will be completed, pilot tested, and available on line through the National Highway Institute by next Spring.

6. SHRP2 L32C TIM Responder Training Evaluation
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of TIM Responder Training Course on TIM Performance
Tool used to measure the impact of the training on responder safety & safe, quick clearance
Product Completion/Pilot early 2014
FHWA/AASHTO Assume Implementation Spring 2014
Another follow-on effort is developing an evaluation tool, not to evaluate the material in the training course itself or the instructors (that is already part of the process), but to evaluate the impact the training is making on how quickly and effectively traffic incidents are being managed and cleared i.e. what do responders do differently once they have had the training and what difference does it make?
This tool should also be ready for implementation by next Spring.

7. How You Can Help
Leadership level coordination on this issue (i.e. transportation, public safety, towing, etc.)
Support initial train-the-trainer offering in your State
Ensure that State DOT employees who need training receive it
Support rollout of e-training and training evaluation tools when available
So what can you do to help?
First, be aware that this training is available and is a priority for FHWA, AASHTO, and the public safety community. Make sure that your agency and your counterparts in the public safety community know that you support this effort.
If you haven’t had a train-the-trainer session in your State yet, support getting one scheduled. If you are on board, but the public safety leadership in your State is not, contact AASHTO or FHWA and we may be able to arrange some peer pressure :>)
Make sure that all of your staff who need the training receive it. This includes anyone who might have a role in responding to an incident – clean-up, infrastructure repair, traffic control, etc.
And when the e-training and evaluation tools are available, support their use within your organization.

8. Questions?
We’ve made good progress over the last year, but will need your help to reach the goals we have set for the end of 2014
Questions (or comments from SCOH members on experiences with the training in their State)