Traffic Incident Management Systems

Injuries and deaths that occur at roadway emergency scenes have increased steadily in recent years. The purpose of this report is to focus on the causes of firefighter injuries and deaths when working on roadway incidents. This report will focus on the causes of these incidents and provide strategies for mitigating them in the future. The occurrence and severity of these incidents can be reduced through proper roadway incident scene tactics and incident management.

• Record URL:
  https://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tims_0408.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Fire Administration

  16825 South Seton Avenue
  Emmitsburg, MD  United States  21727

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Emergency Management Agency

  500 C Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20472
• Publication Date: 2008-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 106p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Emergency management; Fatalities; Fire fighting; Fire vehicles; Firefighters; Incident management; Injuries; Traffic incidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01100383
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 3 2008 7:24AM