Traffic Incident Management (TIM)-Rock Falls

This class meets the following ILETSB mandates:

• Civil Rights (0.5hrs)

• Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority (0.5hrs)

• Emergency Medical Response (1.0hrs)

• Legal Updates (1.0hrs)

• Procedural Justice (1.0hrs)

• Lead Homicide Investigator (4.0hrs)

COURSE CONTENT: 

The Illinois Department of Transportation, with support of various emergency response agencies and groups, has established a statewide Traffic Incident Management Training Program. This 4-hour course includes participants from all disciplines involved in incident management and is the first multi-disciplinary class of its kind in Illinois. The goal is to provide responders with information and best practices that improve their safety at highway incident scenes.

Topics

• Dangers encountered by emergency responders working in or near traffic

• Traffic Incident management fundamentals

• Principle Laws that relate to responder safety

• Notifications and Scene “Size-up”

• Safe Vehicle Positioning “Move it” and “‘Work It”

• Scene Safety and avoiding the Zero Buffer

• Incident Command Systems and responsibilities

• Traffic management and Advance Warning Areas

• Special Circumstances (Vehicle fire, HazMat, Vehicle fluid spills, etc…)

• Clearance strategies and Scene Termination

Partial funding provided by Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board and MTU#1’s request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board