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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2

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3

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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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