Roadway Incident Response Safety Leadership Certificate

Once you have completed the National TIM Training Certificate, the Roadway Incident Response Safety Leadership Certificate will become available for you to earn. This certificate is appropriate for department and organization leadership, emergency responders who want to advance into leadership positions, and emergency responders who are leaders among their peers. Once you have earned the National TIM Training Certificate, this page will “unlock,” and you will be able to earn this Roadway Incident Response Safety Leadership Certificate. You must be a registered user on the Responder Safety Learning Network to earn these certificates.

To earn credit for each program in the Roadway Incident Response Safety Leadership Certificate, you must first be registered on RSLN and logged in. Then, you must view each required program in its entirety and pass the Skills Challenge test. Once you earn credit for all required programs, you will be able to download the special Roadway Incident Response Safety Leadership Certificate.

When you have completed all the programs, expand the Dashboard by clicking the small arrow. Then, click “Roadway Incident Response Safety Leadership Certificate” to download your certificate. Once you have earned the certificate, it will be listed in your transcript. If you have any technical problems, please file a support ticket.

After you complete the main certificate requirements, you may choose to add one or more optional concentrations by completing additional required programs in specific disciplines.

The nine RSLN programs required for the Roadway Incident Response Safety Leadership Certificate are as follows.

Requirements

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.

Recommended Practices for TIM SOPs

For years, the fire departments have worked to standardize their operating procedures across jurisdictions within geographic areas.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Concentration in Towing & Recovery

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.

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.

Autonomous Vehicles

Learn about autonomous vehicle technology, challenges and opportunities for emergency responders, the current state of tech development, and how to be prepared.

Concentration in Law Enforcement

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.

Scene Control

This self-paced program discusses the issues created when persons other than responders and victims are present at a roadway incident scene.

Sobriety Checkpoint Safety

This module presents practical steps law enforcement officers can take to maximize their safety while working sobriety checkpoints.

Concentration in Fire Police / Special Traffic Unit

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.

Intro to Fire Service Traffic Incident Management Professional

The responsibilities, qualifications standards, qualities, and preparedness needs for fire service traffic incident management professionals.

Safe Fire Service Traffic Control Practices

This module provides a basic understanding of the framework of traffic control at emergency scenes.

Concentration in EMS

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.

Concentration in Fire

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.

Roadway Incident Safety Training Guidance for Fire Officers

Learn how to effectively integrate roadway incident safety training into your department’s training evolutions.

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.

Safe Fire Service Traffic Control Practices

This module provides a basic understanding of the framework of traffic control at emergency scenes.