1. SHRP2/Mi-TIME TIM Training
Angie Kremer, P.E.
Michigan Department of Transportation
Traffic Incident Management Engineer

2. How are we doing?

3. How are we doing?

4. How are we doing?
What is the percentage of responders wearing their high visibility vest?
Overall 59%
Law Enforcement 55%
Fire 56%
Transportation 70%
Towing 78%
Other 60%

5. How are we doing?
Michigan now has a TIM Action Plan with a TIM Action Team meeting every other month of multi-disciplines.
7 SMART GOAL for TIM

6. Strategic Highway Research Program
Authorized by Congress to address some of the most pressing needs related to the nation’s highway system
Research areas: Safety, Renewal, Reliability, Capacity
Administered by Transportation Research Board (TRB):
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
America Association of State Highway and Trans Officials (AASHTO)
FHWA is lead on implementation

7. SHRP2 : National Traffic Incident Management Responder Course
Objectives:
Improved responder safety
Improved reliability (reduced incident duration)
Improved motorist safety (reduced secondary crashes)
Approach:
Researched core competencies
All disciplines participated every step
Development of multi-disciplinary training program for all responder stakeholders
Cross-training in TIM core competencies

8. National TIM Responder Training Program Implementation Progress - As of February 28, 20146
940 51
1,555
358 62
1,661
118 44
304 26
152 35
592
9,111
122
988 37
688 38 23
3,066 24
561
740
588
659
602
1,184
1,889
934
2,021 23
1,433 13
347
1,896
Conducted TtT and/or TIM Training in Progress
32,891
Number of Responders Trained
(Not Including TtT Session Participants)
TtT Session Planned
No TtT Scheduled To Date

9. Training Totals - As of February 28, 2014
Discipline
Train-the-Trainer
Responder Training
Total
Percentage
Law Enforcement
949
12,175
13,124
36.7%
Fire/Rescue
758
10,435
11,193
31.3%
Towing and Recovery
199
1,892
2,091
5.8%
EMS 97
1,135
1,232
3.4%
DOT/Transportation
647
5,268
5,915
16.5%
Other Disciplines
214
1,986
2,200
6.2%
2,864
32,891
35,755
100.0%
Number of Sessions 71
1,262 --

10. SHRP2: Training Course Elements
Course Design:
Can be taught in a 10 hour intensive course, 4 hour modified and a single lesson modules
Some states have developed a modified 2 hour hours courses
Table tops exercises
Taught by two different disciplines
Michigan Approvals:
MCOLES
Michigan Fire Fighter Training Council

11. Audience Law Enforcement officers Fire and Rescue personnel
Transportation Professionals
Public works
Emergency medical services
Towing and recovery
Hazmat responders
Medical examiner
Dispatcher/PSAPS
Miscellaneous responders

12. Mi-TIME Michigan Traffic Incident Management Effort
Sub-Team formed from the TIM Action Team composed of Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, and Transportation
Michigan will have three Train the Trainer sessions.
Candidate will have to submit an Application/Commitment Form
Sub-Team will review all Applications
and approve Trainers.

13. Mi-TIME
Application/Commitment Form will disturbed through List Serves and Associations
First Trainer the Trainer Session will be in Lansing, May 28th and 29th
The state will be broken into training regions (same as MDOT Regions)
Currently building a website for Mi-TIME
Using Lessons Learned and Best Practices from other states

14. What are we looking for in a trainer?
Has experience training
Commitment to the program – At least 16 hours of instruction/12 month period with a 2 year commitment
Management/supervisor concurrence
Participation in meetings & updating records
Some possible out of pocket cost if agency doesn't reimburse
Trainer has to believe in the Open Roads Philosophy
The Sub-Team is looking for a diverse group of trainers geographically and by disciplines.

15. SMART Goals for Michigan
Implement the SHRP 2 TIM Train the Trainer (TtT) program in Michigan and have 120 trainers trained by December 31, 2014.
Implement the SHRP 2 TIM TtT program in Michigan and have 1,500 first responders trained by December 31, 2016.

16. Under Development
E-Learning Course: An eTools version of the training will be developed to facilitate wide scale deployment of the training.
Pilot second quarter of 2014
FHWA implement third quarter of 2014
Hosted by National Highway Institute (NHI)

18. Questions ? Angie Kremer, P.E. Michigan Department of Transportation
Traffic Incident Management Engineer
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