Traffic Incident Management Program
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National Traffic Incident Management Coalition

The National Traffic Incident Management Coalition (NTIMC) is an assembly of national organizations representing the public safety, transportation, and towing and recovery communities.

Learn more about the Coalition and its activities at http://timcoalition.org/?siteid=41.


Traffic Incident
Management Partners

Traffic Incident Management is a planned and coordinated program process to detect, respond to, and remove traffic incidents and restore traffic capacity as safety and quickly as possible. This coordinated process involves a number of public and private sector partners.

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Now Available

  • Traffic Incident Management Systems Report - The U.S. Fire Administration and DOT developed this report working in partnership with the International Fire Service Training Association. This report provides technical guidance and training programs in traffic management for fire and emergency service providers.
  • The "Simplified Guide to the Incident Command System for Transportation Professionals" (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-06-004) is now available electronically (HTML, PDF 2.2MB). This document describes the Incident Command System (ICS) in the context of its application to highway incidents and also discusses the broader relationship to the National Incident Management System (NIMS). To obtain copies of other documents relating to Traffic Incident Management (TIM), please refer to the TIM Publications web page.

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