Florida’s Traffic Incident Management Program A Plan For Success Florida’s TIM Strategic Plan Paul Clark – Florida DOT Traffic Incident Management and Road Ranger Program Manager

The Plan - Why Do We Need It Provides a basis for more detailed planning Helps to explain our business to others Assists in benchmarking and performance monitoring Stimulates change and is a building block for our next plan Provide the needed framework for securing support and funding

The Plan - Development FDOT Commissioned the Plan PB Farradyne assembled the Plan –Will be reviewed by: FDOT Statewide TIM Team Local TIM Teams TIM Steering Committee

The Plan – What’s In It Introduction to TIM Current Status of TIM in Florida Mission, Vision, Goals and Objectives Traffic Incident Management Strategic Plan FDOT’s TIM Business Plan Concluding Recommendations

Current Status of TIM - Statewide TIM began in late 1980s Statewide TIM formally established in 2003 Statewide TIM Team that meets quarterly –Team is a multi-disciplined team Local and State Law Enforcement Fire Rescue and EMS Towers Media/511 FDOT Districts Others

Current Status of TIM - Statewide In 2002 established a Statewide Open Roads Policy between FHP and FDOT –GOAL of 90 minutes for incidents to be cleared from the roadway –Defines FHP and FDOT responsibilities

Current Status of TIM - Statewide In 2004 established Guidelines of Accidental Discharge of Motor Vehicle Fluids (Non-Cargo) –Guidelines were developed to clarify what could and could not be done

Current Status of TIM - Statewide Road Ranger approval to join the SLERS (State Law Enforcement Radio System) –800 MHz iWitness provide to FHP statewide through the TIM

Current Status of TIM - Local 15 Active TIM Teams involving 24 counties 8 Counties in the planning stages 35 Counties with out plans

Current Status of TIM - Local Florida’s Turnpike –RISC (Rapid Incident Scene Clearance) Program District One and Four –Sponsoring 14 Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Troopers on Alligator Alley District Two –Establishing the “Open Roads Policy” at the local level District Four –SIRV (Severe Incident Response Vehicle) –Tablet based tracking of Road Ranger data

Current Status of TIM - Local District Five –All counties within the District are a member of a TIM Team –Sponsoring 21 FHP Troopers on I-4 –Established and/or establishing local “Open Roads Policies” District wide –Established agreement with Medical Examiner –Tested a common TIM communications system District Six –PDA based tracking of Road Ranger data

MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS Mission –Provide efficient, coordinated, and consistent traffic incident management across the state that will improve the safety and reliability of the transportation network. Vision –Develop an institutionally integrated and fully cooperative association of all public agency and private industry traffic incident management stakeholders for which traffic incident management is requisite in the transportation and public safety culture of the state, and places Florida at the forefront nationally.

MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS Goal 1: –Provide safe transportation for residents, visitors, and commerce. Goal 2: –Provide protection of the public’s investment in transportation. Goal 3: –Provide an interconnected transportation system that enhances Florida’s economic competitiveness Goal 4: –Provide travel choices to ensure mobility, sustain the quality of the environment, preserve community values and reduce energy consumption.

The Plan The Strategic Plan’s Philosophy –Think globally (statewide), plan regionally and practice locally Strategic Principles –Things that will ensure our success Statewide and Regionally

The Plan – Traffic Incident Timeline Performance Measures

The Plan TIM Operations –Deals with resource and incident management Communications and Technologies – Integrated communications, ITS, etc Programs and Institutions –Looks at programmatic and institutional issues Increases stakeholders, MOU’s, Staffing, etc. Recommended changes in law, policies and procedures

Conclusion Florida’s TIM Strategic Plan –A Plan For Success A more detailed plan Explains TIM to others Helps establish performance measures Stimulates change Why we need the dollars

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