Credit Hours:
1
Approximate reading time:
0.5 Hours
Approximate online time:
0.5 Hours
This module presents best practices in deploying emergency optical warning devices, called here "emergency lighting." The module also discusses what research has, and has not established, with regard to effectiveness of certain emergency lighting characteristics and visual phenomena.
This module discusses the concept of advance warning, its benefits, and how to implement a range of advance warning devices.
Learn about autonomous vehicle technology, challenges and opportunities for emergency responders, the current state of tech development, and how to be prepared.
This module discusses the concept of blocking, why it is important, how to determine whether linear positioning or block positioning is appropriate at a given incident.
In this program, you will learn the basics of connected vehicle technologies, the challenges and opportunities they present to emergency responders, the current state of technology development.
Learn how fire department-based vehicles can be outfitted for temporary traffic control, including special purpose vehicles and modifications to existing apparatus.
This self-paced program discusses how the fire service and towing personnel can communicate and collaborate effectively to safely and efficiently handle roadway incidents.
Learn what actions first-arriving emergency response personnel should take when they first arrive at an incident on the roadway.
Discover the importance of head protection, concerns specific to struck-by incidents, advantages and disadvantages of helmet types, and how to evaluate helmets.
It is widely known that the visibility of responders is a key factor in safe emergency operation on the roadways.
This program raises awareness about these new devices, technologies, and methods so departments can evaluate whether these options can be adopted in their communities.
Learn how to integrate roadway safety and safe driving practices into public education programs and events to reduce the risk of roadway incidents.
The responsibilities, qualifications standards, qualities, and preparedness needs for fire service traffic incident management professionals.
This program summarizes the federal regulations with regard to high visibility safety apparel, examines the objections of law enforcement officers to wearing this apparel.
In this program, we look at four NIOSH reports on firefighter line-of-duty deaths that occurred while operating at a roadway incident.
This module highlights and explains in plain language the portions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) that apply to first responders working roadway incidents.
This program lays the foundation for successful manual traffic control and offers recommended procedures for manually directing traffic safely and effectively.
The module relates the Move It Work It decision to safe, quick clearance and the National Unified Goal.
This module presents the National Unified Goal as the road map for implementing cross-department cooperation and communication.
This program examines the history of emergency lighting technology, current trends vs. research, problems with current lighting technologies, and potential solutions to address these problems.
Learn about PPE requirements and how to select and correctly and consistently wear PPE to mitigate the hazards of working roadway incidents.
This self-paced program provides guidance for jurisdictions and Traffic Incident Management (TIM) teams to plan for long term events.
This program delves into the topic of professionalism at the organizational and personal level to give both leadership and boots-on-the-ground responders.
This module presents ways to better integrate public safety telecommunicators into the roadway incident response team.
For years, the fire departments have worked to standardize their operating procedures across jurisdictions within geographic areas.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) vehicles respond to a wide variety of roadway incidents, such as crashes, pedestrians struck by vehicles, other medical emergencies, natural disasters, and weather events.
Learn how to effectively integrate roadway incident safety training into your department’s training evolutions.
This module provides a basic understanding of the framework of traffic control at emergency scenes.
This program prepares safety officers to promote and implement recommended roadway incident response safety practices in training evolutions and on scene.
This self-paced program will provide both an introduction to Safety Service Patrols at the awareness level and recommend vehicle outfitting and roadway operating procedures for SSPs.
This self-paced program discusses the issues created when persons other than responders and victims are present at a roadway incident scene.
This module presents best practices in deploying emergency optical warning devices, called here "emergency lighting."
This self–paced program uses existing Fire Police units as examples for demonstrating how an agency can set up a dedicated traffic incident management unit.
This module presents practical steps law enforcement officers can take to maximize their safety while working sobriety checkpoints.
This module discusses the safety and traffic incident management challenges of vehicle fires and options for responding to these challenges.
This self-paced program discusses the traffic incident management impacts of several special circumstances: HAZMAT, medical helicopters, vehicle extrication, and crash investigation.
This self-paced program provides guidance on how to start and sustain a TIM Team, offering a framework, proven models, and tips for success.
Learn best practices for terminating response at a roadway incident safely, including creating a plan, demobilizing, removing traffic control devices, and restoring traffic flow.
This self-paced program is specifically for first responders who are newer to the profession, typically in their teens and twenties.
This module spotlights how weather impacts emergency scenes on roadways and provides guidance for how to plan and respond when weather conditions significantly affect the incident.
This self-paced program presents information on how to tailor some roadway response best practices to the characteristics of rural roads.
Learn the traffic incident management and responder safety requirements in NFPA 1500 and how to meet those requirements.
In the context of the TIM Team and at the scene, learn how to use the Incident Command System (ICS) to manage a roadway incident response.
Discover model policies, practices and procedures for key TIM topics, from pre-planning to incident response and through to after action review.
This module sets forth a series of vetted best practices for drivers to follow when encountering emergency scenes on the roadway.
This module provides a framework for TIM training and guidance on the techniques and methods used in TIM training.
This self-paced program explores both uses of NFPA 1091, explaining it in "plain language" for emergency responders and discussing how it can be used as a training objectives blueprint.
This self-paced program examines the question, "Who's In Charge at Roadway Incidents?"
Learn safety procedures for operating near roadways affected by wildland fires and offroad when vehicles and wildland firefighters are in close proximity.
ResponderSafety.com and The Responder Safety Learning Network (RSLN) are a project of the Emergency Responder Safety Institute (ERSI), a Committee of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fireman's Association. The RSLN is an online training network delivering critical safety training for roadway incident responders. All training is free and delivered 24/7/365 on demand. The self-paced modules include critical components of roadway operations safety in an emergency situation, including: Advance Warning, Blocking, High Visibility, Traffic Control, Public Outreach, Incident Command, and more. Register online to get started.