Metro Detroit Traffic Incident Management

March 6, 2015Oakland County Executive Offices

Partnerships for Traffic Incident Management - 2015

Program Goals

• Develop partnering relationships among those with an interest in safe, Develop partnering relationships among those with an interest in safe, quick, clearance of traffic incidentsquick, clearance of traffic incidents

• Clarify the roles of different respondersClarify the roles of different responders

• Foster an understanding of the roles of the different respondersFoster an understanding of the roles of the different responders

• Develop an understanding of who is in charge of whatDevelop an understanding of who is in charge of what

2014 High Priority Actions:2014 High Priority Actions:

• Educate the public on “move over”, “steer-it, clear-it” lawEducate the public on “move over”, “steer-it, clear-it” law

• Additional responder safety workshopsAdditional responder safety workshops

• Develop alternate routes around traffic incidentsDevelop alternate routes around traffic incidents

• Identify champions to promote interoperable communicationsIdentify champions to promote interoperable communications

Highlight from 2014 Workshop

“The different disciplines responding to a traffic incident should perform like the soloists in a symphony. Each one should know his part, and each one should know when to enter and when to exit. “

Ellen Fleming, Beaumont Medical Transportation