Ohio QuickClear

Ohio QuickClearOhio QuickClear

Professional Responders Guide Professional Responders Guide for Safe and Effective Highway for Safe and Effective Highway Incident ManagementIncident Management

Ohio Fire Chiefs' AssociationOhio Fire Chiefs' AssociationAnnual ConferenceAnnual ConferenceJuly 22 & 23, 2006July 22 & 23, 2006


Alan L. PhillipsAlan L. Phillips

Emergency Response Coordinator – Emergency Response Coordinator – Highway Operations – Ohio Highway Operations – Ohio Department of TransportationDepartment of Transportation

Phone: 614-466-3897 or 614-799-9237Phone: 614-466-3897 or 614-799-9237Fax: 614-995-5998Fax: 614-995-5998Email: [email protected]: [email protected]


Ohio QuickClear CommitteeOhio QuickClear Committee

AAA OhioAAA OhioBuckeye State Sheriff’s AssociationBuckeye State Sheriff’s AssociationOhio Association of Chiefs of PoliceOhio Association of Chiefs of PoliceOhio Department of Public SafetyOhio Department of Public SafetyOhio Department of TransportationOhio Department of TransportationOhio Environmental Protection AgencyOhio Environmental Protection AgencyOhio Fire Chief’s AssociationOhio Fire Chief’s AssociationOhio Fire Marshall’s OfficeOhio Fire Marshall’s OfficeOhio Trucking AssociationOhio Trucking AssociationTowing and Recovery Association of OhioTowing and Recovery Association of Ohio


Mission StatementMission Statement

““Committed to maintaining the Committed to maintaining the safe and effective flow of traffic safe and effective flow of traffic during emergencies as to prevent during emergencies as to prevent further damage, injury or undue further damage, injury or undue delay of the motoring public.”delay of the motoring public.”


Video ClipVideo Clip


Incidents HappenIncidents Happen


Freeway Management SystemFreeway Management System


HistoryHistory

• Growing concern Growing concern about crashes and about crashes and traffic congestiontraffic congestion• Formed in August Formed in August 2002 by Directors of 2002 by Directors of the Ohio Departments the Ohio Departments of Public Safety and of Public Safety and TransportationTransportation


IntroductionIntroduction

• A study by FHWA shows that A study by FHWA shows that secondary incidents make up roughly secondary incidents make up roughly 20% of all incidents20% of all incidents• In 2004, traffic-related deaths among In 2004, traffic-related deaths among officers in the line of duty made up officers in the line of duty made up 48% of the total deaths of officers for 48% of the total deaths of officers for that yearthat year


IntroductionIntroduction

QuickClear is the coordination of QuickClear is the coordination of response agencies to preserve the response agencies to preserve the safety of crash victims, incident safety of crash victims, incident responders, and other motorists while responders, and other motorists while reducing the impact and duration of reducing the impact and duration of incidentsincidents


Objective - SafetyObjective - Safety

• SafetySafety• Of emergency response personnelOf emergency response personnel• Of victimsOf victims• Of other motoristsOf other motorists

•Secondary CrashesSecondary Crashes• Crashes that occur as a result of previous Crashes that occur as a result of previous incidentincident• Each freeway traffic crash increases the risk Each freeway traffic crash increases the risk of a secondary crash by 600%of a secondary crash by 600%


Objective - SafetyObjective - Safety


Objective - CongestionObjective - Congestion

• More than half of More than half of all congestion is all congestion is caused by caused by incidentsincidents• Each minute of Each minute of closure results in closure results in eight minutes of eight minutes of congestion delaycongestion delay


Objective - CongestionObjective - Congestion

• If three lanes are blocked for two If three lanes are blocked for two hours causing a four mile backup, hours causing a four mile backup, over $1,000,000 will be lostover $1,000,000 will be lost• Congestion costs a large city 930 Congestion costs a large city 930 million dollars, 55.5 million hours of million dollars, 55.5 million hours of delay and 34.5 million gallons of fuel delay and 34.5 million gallons of fuel each yeareach year


Pictures of IncidentsPictures of Incidents


Best Practices by AgencyBest Practices by Agency

All AgenciesAll Agencies

•Contact appropriate Contact appropriate personnelpersonnel• Coordinate plans with Coordinate plans with each othereach other• Cooperation among Cooperation among agenciesagencies



All AgenciesAll Agencies

• Each incident is unique in its character and Each incident is unique in its character and hazards. hazards. • Continued re-assessment of each scene is Continued re-assessment of each scene is imperative.imperative.• Any time it is possible to open a lane, even Any time it is possible to open a lane, even temporarily, it should be donetemporarily, it should be done..



Fire and EMSFire and EMS

• Traffic control methodsTraffic control methods• Coordination with other Coordination with other agencies when possibleagencies when possible• Effective trainingEffective training• Effective communicationEffective communication• Incident CommanderIncident Commander• SafetySafety



Law EnforcementLaw Enforcement •Traffic controlTraffic control• Salvage recoverySalvage recovery• CoordinationCoordination

• With FireWith Fire• With TransportationWith Transportation

• Scene assessmentScene assessment• Incident Command Incident Command SystemSystem



Transportation AgenciesTransportation Agencies

• Safe and efficient roadsSafe and efficient roads• Develop response protocols Develop response protocols for freeway closuresfor freeway closures• ODOT PlaybookODOT Playbook• Freeway Service Patrol (FSP)Freeway Service Patrol (FSP)• Real-time photo imagesReal-time photo images• Incident Command SystemIncident Command System


Freeway Service PatrolFreeway Service Patrol

Freeway service patrol programs that enlist full-time support reduce incident duration by 15 to 30 percent over programs with part-time staff.


ODOT Activities - ARTIMISODOT Activities - ARTIMIS


ODOT Activities – Columbus FMSODOT Activities – Columbus FMS


ODOT Activities – PlaybookODOT Activities – Playbook



Towing and RecoveryTowing and Recovery

• Pre-qualificationPre-qualification• Proper trainingProper training• Safety firstSafety first• Restore travel lanes Restore travel lanes when possiblewhen possible


Improved Incident ManagementImproved Incident Management

Adopting best practices at the local Adopting best practices at the local level can reduce the risk of traffic level can reduce the risk of traffic incidents, reduce incident duration and incidents, reduce incident duration and restore traffic flow as quickly as restore traffic flow as quickly as possible. It will also SAVE LIFES OF possible. It will also SAVE LIFES OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE MOTORING PUBLIC!MOTORING PUBLIC!


Disabled or Abandoned VehiclesDisabled or Abandoned Vehicles

• On average, 450 shoulder collisions On average, 450 shoulder collisions happen each yearhappen each year• Limit time vehicles remain on the Limit time vehicles remain on the freeway shoulderfreeway shoulder• FSPFSP

• Disabled vehicle re-location• Minor repairs to re-locate vehicle


Driver OpportunitiesDriver Opportunities

Adopt “Steer It and Clear It”Adopt “Steer It and Clear It”


Secondary Crash ExampleSecondary Crash Example


Coordination – Pre-IncidentCoordination – Pre-Incident

• Transportation agenciesTransportation agencies• Develop diversion routes• Have equipment on hand to handle traffic• Review and update plans periodically

• All agenciesAll agencies• Meet regularly to improve best practices and

policies


Incident CommandIncident Command

• Communicate with transportation Communicate with transportation agencies in the incident command agencies in the incident command structurestructure• Request proper towing equipment in a Request proper towing equipment in a timely mannertimely manner• Provide regular updates to the mediaProvide regular updates to the media• Coordinate with TMC staff in urban Coordinate with TMC staff in urban areas with FMSareas with FMS


Major Incident ReviewMajor Incident Review

• Review previous Review previous resultsresults• Communicate to Communicate to ensure previous ensure previous conflicts are avoidedconflicts are avoided


Alan L. PhillipsAlan L. Phillips

Emergency Response Coordinator – Emergency Response Coordinator – Highway Operations – Ohio Highway Operations – Ohio Department of TransportationDepartment of Transportation

Phone: 614-466-3897 or 614-799-9237Phone: 614-466-3897 or 614-799-9237Fax: 614-995-5998Fax: 614-995-5998Email: [email protected]: [email protected]


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