Development of a highway incident management operational and training guide : phase II.

PDFTech ReportFHWA-ICT-14-017ICT-14-019UILU-ENG-2014-2021R27-118Emergency medical servicesTraffic accidentsHighway safetyOccupational safetyEmergency trainingIncident managementTraining programsSecondary collisionsComputer programsIllinoisIllinois Center for TransportationFries, RyanZhou, HuaguoWilliamson, MichaelYiu, Yu LiangQu, YuhuiGu, PatrickIllinois Center for TransportationUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationIllinois. Dept. of TransportationUS Transportation CollectionThe overall goal of both phases of this project was to reduce responder fatalities and injuries, as well as to preventsecondary crashes, especially those involving incident responders. The phases of this project worked toward this goalby creating training materials to help incident responders work more safely and effectively.To address the need for promptly training all traffic incident responders in the state of Illinois, Phase II of this projectcreated online modules to supplement the in-class training developed in Phase I. Based on the recommendations of theTechnical Review Panel, responder feedback, and suggestions from the Federal Highway Administration, we identifiedmaterial that could be presented online as a prerequisite to the classroom-based training.Additionally, this project modified the existing in-class training to obtain endorsement by the Federal HighwayAdministration as equivalent to their national program. The researchers created 11 online training modules, each lastingbetween 15 and 30 minutes, to allow responders to view a whole module in one sitting. The researchers also created anonline training video game and an in-class trivia game. The video game allows responders to refine their traffic controland vehicle-positioning skills. The trivia game helps reinforce knowledge gained during the in-class training.Together, the online and in-class training materials created throughout both phases of this research project can provideeducation to those responding to traffic incidents in Illinois. It is expected that as more responders completing thistraining program, their incident-scene safety will also improve