NATIONAL TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
TIM UPDATED FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Secondary Crashes - ✔✔are crashes that occur within the incident scene or within
the queue or backup, including the opposite direction, resulting from an original incident
✔✔25% of all congestion is caused by traffic incidents, resulting in: - ✔✔- Lost time and
productivity
- Increased cost of goods and services
- Increased fuel consumption
- Impacts on air quality and the environment
- Negative public image for response agencies
✔✔TIM consists of a planned and coordinated multidisciplinary process to - ✔✔detect,
respond to, and clear traffic incidents so that traffic flow may be restored as safely and
quickly as possible
,✔✔• Effective TIM: - ✔✔- Improves the safety of emergency responders, crash victims,
and motorists
- Reduces the duration and impacts of traffic incidents
✔✔TIM concepts apply to - ✔✔all roadways where traffic incidents might occur - both
urban and rural
✔✔Roadway Clearance Time (T1-T4) - ✔✔The time between first recordable
awareness of an incident by a responsible agency and first confirmation that all travel
lanes are open
✔✔Incident Clearance Time (T1-T5) - ✔✔The time between the first recordable
awareness and the time at which the last responder has left the scene
✔✔Safe, Quick Clearance - ✔✔is the practice of rapidly, safely, and aggressively
removing temporary obstructions from the roadway
✔✔*Move Over Laws require - ✔✔drivers approaching a scene where emergency
responders are present to either change lanes when possible and/or reduce vehicle
speed
✔✔Driver Removal Laws
Also referred to as - ✔✔- Fender Bender
- Move it
- Steer it, clear it
✔✔Driver Removal Laws - ✔✔Require motorists involved in minor crashes (where there
are no serious injuries and the vehicle can be driven) to move their vehicles out of the
travel lanes to the shoulder or other safe area
✔✔Authority Removal Laws - ✔✔• Provide authority (and immunity from liability in
general) for designated public agencies to remove vehicles and/or spilled cargo from
the roadway to restore traffic flow
• Serious injury or fatality does not always preclude removal
• Often contain a Hold Harmless clause
• Implemented in a number of states
, ✔✔Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices - ✔✔• Federal standard for all traffic
control nationwide •
It also covers all workers on all streets, roadways, or highways •
This course addresses what is required to adhere to MUTCD standards
✔✔Standard for Traffic Control Incident Management Professional Qualifications - ✔✔-
Developed in response to the recognized need for safe operations at incident scenes
- Was developed as a resource for all disciplines, not just fire
- Provides training requirement outline for incident traffic control personnel
- Consistent with the concepts taught in this course
✔✔• Accurate, clear communication among all disciplines involved in TIM means
responders: - ✔✔- Arrive at the scene sooner and better prepared
- Meet quick clearance goals and clear the scene faster
- Improve safety for themselves and those involved in incidents
✔✔The first step of the TIM process is - ✔✔detection, a term used to refer to the
discovery of an incident
✔✔Telecommunicators are often the first to be alerted to an incident and are
responsible for: - ✔✔- Providing a basic assessment of the situation
- Dispatching an appropriate response based on their knowledge of available resources
✔✔Verification involves collecting sufficient information on the nature of the incident
including identifying: - ✔✔- Type and severity of incident
- Exact physical location
- Number of vehicles involved
• Color and type if possible
- Lanes affected
- Injuries, entrapment
✔✔Notification and verification often occur - ✔✔concurrently
TIM UPDATED FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Secondary Crashes - ✔✔are crashes that occur within the incident scene or within
the queue or backup, including the opposite direction, resulting from an original incident
✔✔25% of all congestion is caused by traffic incidents, resulting in: - ✔✔- Lost time and
productivity
- Increased cost of goods and services
- Increased fuel consumption
- Impacts on air quality and the environment
- Negative public image for response agencies
✔✔TIM consists of a planned and coordinated multidisciplinary process to - ✔✔detect,
respond to, and clear traffic incidents so that traffic flow may be restored as safely and
quickly as possible
,✔✔• Effective TIM: - ✔✔- Improves the safety of emergency responders, crash victims,
and motorists
- Reduces the duration and impacts of traffic incidents
✔✔TIM concepts apply to - ✔✔all roadways where traffic incidents might occur - both
urban and rural
✔✔Roadway Clearance Time (T1-T4) - ✔✔The time between first recordable
awareness of an incident by a responsible agency and first confirmation that all travel
lanes are open
✔✔Incident Clearance Time (T1-T5) - ✔✔The time between the first recordable
awareness and the time at which the last responder has left the scene
✔✔Safe, Quick Clearance - ✔✔is the practice of rapidly, safely, and aggressively
removing temporary obstructions from the roadway
✔✔*Move Over Laws require - ✔✔drivers approaching a scene where emergency
responders are present to either change lanes when possible and/or reduce vehicle
speed
✔✔Driver Removal Laws
Also referred to as - ✔✔- Fender Bender
- Move it
- Steer it, clear it
✔✔Driver Removal Laws - ✔✔Require motorists involved in minor crashes (where there
are no serious injuries and the vehicle can be driven) to move their vehicles out of the
travel lanes to the shoulder or other safe area
✔✔Authority Removal Laws - ✔✔• Provide authority (and immunity from liability in
general) for designated public agencies to remove vehicles and/or spilled cargo from
the roadway to restore traffic flow
• Serious injury or fatality does not always preclude removal
• Often contain a Hold Harmless clause
• Implemented in a number of states
, ✔✔Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices - ✔✔• Federal standard for all traffic
control nationwide •
It also covers all workers on all streets, roadways, or highways •
This course addresses what is required to adhere to MUTCD standards
✔✔Standard for Traffic Control Incident Management Professional Qualifications - ✔✔-
Developed in response to the recognized need for safe operations at incident scenes
- Was developed as a resource for all disciplines, not just fire
- Provides training requirement outline for incident traffic control personnel
- Consistent with the concepts taught in this course
✔✔• Accurate, clear communication among all disciplines involved in TIM means
responders: - ✔✔- Arrive at the scene sooner and better prepared
- Meet quick clearance goals and clear the scene faster
- Improve safety for themselves and those involved in incidents
✔✔The first step of the TIM process is - ✔✔detection, a term used to refer to the
discovery of an incident
✔✔Telecommunicators are often the first to be alerted to an incident and are
responsible for: - ✔✔- Providing a basic assessment of the situation
- Dispatching an appropriate response based on their knowledge of available resources
✔✔Verification involves collecting sufficient information on the nature of the incident
including identifying: - ✔✔- Type and severity of incident
- Exact physical location
- Number of vehicles involved
• Color and type if possible
- Lanes affected
- Injuries, entrapment
✔✔Notification and verification often occur - ✔✔concurrently
