Training Opportunity: Safe Practices for Traffic Incident Responders

Posted By: Melanie Manville October 10, 2018

League City Fire Department is hosting a free, one-day, TEEX course, Safe Practices for Traffic Incident Responders – Lecture and Exercises, on December 1, 2018 at the League City Civic Center, 400 West Walker, League City, 77573.

Registration can be found here.

Description

This course is a combination of lecture and exercises. The lecture course stresses how to address two simultaneous objectives specific to traffic collisions: safe procedures used to clear a crash scene, and maximizing roadway space available for continued traffic movement. Promoting best practices while working traffic incidents using guidance from the Texas Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Texas State Motor Vehicle Code, and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) guidelines. The tabletop exercises are performed in student teams from a blend of the various disciplines (law, fire, EMS, rescue, towing, etc.)

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Topics

  • Relevant standards related to traffic incident management, including those associated with the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) consensus standards
  • Effective roadway space management techniques, including proper positioning of response apparatus to protect the scene and responders working at the scene
  • Relevant standards related to traffic incident management, including provisions of the Texas Transportation Code
  • Recommended marking and lighting practices for response vehicles
  • Relevant standards related to traffic incident management, including the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
  • Traffic incident management (TIM) and the importance of quickly clearing traffic incidents
  • Use of appropriate temporary traffic control techniques to warn motorists and guide them safely past the scene
  • Use of appropriate temporary traffic control techniques to warn motorists and guide them safety past the scene
  • Recommended response vehicle marking and lighting practices
  • Techniques for pre-planning traffic incident management (TIM) at known “high crash” locations
  • Improved use of on scene incident command procedures
  • Effective roadway space management techniques, including important considerations for facilitating traffic flow and traffic safety

Suggested Audience

  • Law enforcement personnel
  • Fire personnel
  • Rescue personnel
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel
  • Hazmat responders
  • City/County transportation personnel
  • Traffic control personnel
  • Corridor managers
  • Traffic Safety Committee personnel
  • Tow truck operators

Continuing Education & Professional Credits

0.8 CEUs

  • Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE)
  • Texas Department Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
  • Texas Commission of Fire Protection (TCFP)
  • State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas (SFFMA)