What is the Business Cost $$$ of Accidents on Interstate and primary highways in your city/county /region/state?
How long does it take your city/region/state to locate and respond to an accident , provide care, investigate, and restore traffic flow? What is your city/regional/state TIM highway report card on Vehicle & Tractor Trailer accidents and Hazmat incidents ? What is the business/jobs cost to your region/state when a major highway is closed for 30, 60, 120 minutes.
FHWA Traffic Incident Management Cost Management and Cost Recovery Primer
* Towing and Recovery Service Partnership http://tig.transportation.org/Pages/TowingandRecoveryServicePartnership.aspx
A number of states have formed successful partnerships with the private towing industry, thereby greatly expediting clearance of disabled vehicles from incident locations.
* National Unified Goal TIM http://www.transportation.org/sites/ntimc/docs/NUG%20Unified%20Goal-Nov07.pdf
* Responder safety
• Safe, quick clearance;
* Prompt, reliable, interoperable communications
* Virginia Traffic Incident Management – Incident Duration – last 13 months
This is a measure of how long it takes to clear unplanned events, which affect traffic, from Virginia highways.
Only vehicle, tractor-trailer, or HAZMAT events are included (not congestion or traffic slowdowns).
Time is measured from when an event is verified and logged in, until responders have cleared.
Time is measured from when an event is verified and logged in, until responders have cleared.
Incidents of less than 10 minutes are not included
Virginia Statewide Vehicle 60 Minutes Tractor Trailer 123 Minutes Hazmat 309 Minutes
VDOT Region Incident Duration in Minutes – last 13 months
- Bristol Vehicle 69 Tractor Trailer 174 Hazmat 282
- Culpeper Vehicle 69 Tractor Trailer 144 Hazmat —
- Fredericksburg Vehicle 62 Tractor Trailer 92 Hazmat —
- Hampton Roads Vehicle 56 Tractor Trailer 157 Hazmat 370
- Lynchburg Vehicle 64 Tractor Trailer 155 Hazmat —-
- Northern Virginia Vehicle 52 Tractor Trailer 64 Hazmat —
- Richmond Vehicle 69 Tractor Trailer 127 Hazmat 261
- Salem Vehicle 68 Tractor Trailer 158 Hazmat —
- Staunton Vehicle 67 Tractor Trailer 135 Hazmat —
2012 Killed in the Line of Duty
73 Police Officers http://www.odmp.org/search/year/2012
54 Fire Fighters http://firefighterclosecalls.com
10 EMS http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm
23 Towers http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org/ http://www.respecttowtruckoperators.com/fallen.html
73 Police Officers http://www.odmp.org/search/year/2012
54 Fire Fighters http://firefighterclosecalls.com
10 EMS http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm
23 Towers http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org/ http://www.respecttowtruckoperators.com/fallen.html
Eric Reddeck HRFSOC@cox.net
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NFFF * Everyone Goes Home *- Advocate http://www.everyonegoeshome.com
HRFSOC is a Voluntary information service. Goal is reducing deaths and injuries. Read what you wish, Act in America’s best interest
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