Development of a Highway Incident Management Operational and Training Guide

Principal Investigator
Dr. Huaguo Zhou

Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Ryan Fries, Mr. Brent Vaughn

Student Researchers
Zhaofeng Tian, Michael Williamson, Jing Huang

Funded By
Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois Center for Transportation ( ICT ), $136,000

Start Date
7/1/2009

End Date
6/30/2011

Summary of Project
This research project is to develop a highway incident management training guide based on an extensive literature review and survey of existing training modules and materials, identifying the needs of the target incident responders. These agencies could include State Police, Highway Patrol, Law Enforcement, Fire and Rescue, Transportation Officials, Service Patrol personnel, Transportation Incident Responders, Contractors and Tow Operators.
The objective of the project is to develop a comprehensive highway Incident Management Operational and Training Guide that can be used by multiple agencies to (1) enhance the safety of all incident responders and motorists encountering incidents; (2) improve the overall operations of highways and interstate corridors; and (3) improve communication, coordination, and cooperation among all incident-responding agencies.

Expected Outcome
The final guide and training material consist of three parts: the instructor’s guide, student manual, and PowerPoint slides.

Download
First Quarter Powerpoint Presentation
Information CD
HIMT video
HIMT Training Materials