Advance Warning
This module discusses the concept of advance warning, its benefits, and how to implement a range of advance warning devices.
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Autonomous Vehicles
Learn about autonomous vehicle technology, challenges and opportunities for emergency responders, the current state of tech development, and how to be prepared.
Blocking Procedures at Roadway Incidents
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.
Connected Vehicles
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.
Fire Department-Based Vehicles for Traffic Control
Learn how fire department-based vehicles can be outfitted for temporary traffic control, including special purpose vehicles and modifications to existing apparatus.
Fire Service Collaboration with Towing & Recovery Operations
This self-paced program discusses how the fire service and towing personnel can communicate and collaborate effectively to safely and efficiently handle roadway incidents.
The First 15 Minutes at Roadway Incidents
Learn what actions first-arriving emergency response personnel should take when they first arrive at an incident on the roadway.
Helmets and Head Protection for Roadway Incidents
Discover the importance of head protection, concerns specific to struck-by incidents, advantages and disadvantages of helmet types, and how to evaluate helmets.
High Visibility Innovations
It is widely known that the visibility of responders is a key factor in safe emergency operation on the roadways.
Innovative Temporary Traffic Control Devices & Methods
This program raises awareness about these new devices, technologies, and methods so departments can evaluate whether these options can be adopted in their communities.
Integrating Roadway Safety into Community Risk Reduction Programs
Learn how to integrate roadway safety and safe driving practices into public education programs and events to reduce the risk of roadway incidents.
Intro to Fire Service Traffic Incident Management Professional
The responsibilities, qualifications standards, qualities, and preparedness needs for fire service traffic incident management professionals.
Law Enforcement and High Visibility PPE
This program summarizes the federal regulations with regard to high visibility safety apparel, examines the objections of law enforcement officers to wearing this apparel.
LODDs on the Roadway: Safety Lessons Learned
In this program, we look at four NIOSH reports on firefighter line-of-duty deaths that occurred while operating at a roadway incident.
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
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.
Manual Traffic Control
This program lays the foundation for successful manual traffic control and offers recommended procedures for manually directing traffic safely and effectively.
Move It or Work It
The module relates the Move It Work It decision to safe, quick clearance and the National Unified Goal.
National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management
This module presents the National Unified Goal as the road map for implementing cross-department cooperation and communication.
New Technologies in Emergency Vehicle Lighting
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.
Personal Protective Equipment for Roadway Incident Response
Learn about PPE requirements and how to select and correctly and consistently wear PPE to mitigate the hazards of working roadway incidents.
Planning for the Long-Term Event
This self-paced program provides guidance for jurisdictions and Traffic Incident Management (TIM) teams to plan for long term events.
Professionalism and Leadership in Roadway Incident Response
This program delves into the topic of professionalism at the organizational and personal level to give both leadership and boots-on-the-ground responders.
The Public Safety Telecommunicator's Role in Roadway Safety
This module presents ways to better integrate public safety telecommunicators into the roadway incident response team.
Recommended Practices for TIM SOPs
For years, the fire departments have worked to standardize their operating procedures across jurisdictions within geographic areas.
Roadway Incident Operational Safety for EMS Providers
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.
Roadway Incident Safety Training Guidance for Fire Officers
Learn how to effectively integrate roadway incident safety training into your department’s training evolutions.
Safe Fire Service Traffic Control Practices
This module provides a basic understanding of the framework of traffic control at emergency scenes.
The Safety Officer’s Role in Roadway Incident Response
This program prepares safety officers to promote and implement recommended roadway incident response safety practices in training evolutions and on scene.
Safety Service Patrols: An Underutilized Partner
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.
Scene Control
This self-paced program discusses the issues created when persons other than responders and victims are present at a roadway incident scene.
See and Be Seen: Emergency Lighting Awareness
This module presents best practices in deploying emergency optical warning devices, called here "emergency lighting."
Setting Up a Traffic Incident Management Unit
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.
Sobriety Checkpoint Safety
This module presents practical steps law enforcement officers can take to maximize their safety while working sobriety checkpoints.
Special Circumstances: Safe Operations for Vehicle Fires
This module discusses the safety and traffic incident management challenges of vehicle fires and options for responding to these challenges.
Special Hazards
This self-paced program discusses the traffic incident management impacts of several special circumstances: HAZMAT, medical helicopters, vehicle extrication, and crash investigation.
Starting and Sustaining a TIM Committee
This self-paced program provides guidance on how to start and sustain a TIM Team, offering a framework, proven models, and tips for success.
Termination
Learn best practices for terminating response at a roadway incident safely, including creating a plan, demobilizing, removing traffic control devices, and restoring traffic flow.
TIM For The Next Generation
This self-paced program is specifically for first responders who are newer to the profession, typically in their teens and twenties.
TIM Techniques for Weather Events
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.
Traffic Incident Management on Rural Roads
This self-paced program presents information on how to tailor some roadway response best practices to the characteristics of rural roads.
Traffic Incident Management Requirements in NFPA 1500
Learn the traffic incident management and responder safety requirements in NFPA 1500 and how to meet those requirements.
Traffic Incident Management: Incident Command & Management
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.
Traffic Incident Management: Model Practices & Procedures
Discover model policies, practices and procedures for key TIM topics, from pre-planning to incident response and through to after action review.
Traffic Incident Management: Strategies for Public Outreach
This module sets forth a series of vetted best practices for drivers to follow when encountering emergency scenes on the roadway.
Traffic Incident Management: TIM Training & Resources
This module provides a framework for TIM training and guidance on the techniques and methods used in TIM training.
Understanding NFPA 1091
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.
Who’s In Charge at Roadway Incident Scenes?
This self-paced program examines the question, "Who's In Charge at Roadway Incidents?"
Wildland Fires and Traffic Management
Learn safety procedures for operating near roadways affected by wildland fires and offroad when vehicles and wildland firefighters are in close proximity.
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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.