N.C. Highway Incident Safety DVD

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N.C. Highway Incident Safety DVD

• TIME Taskforce
• Oct. 27th, 2009
• Brian Purvis, PE
• NCDOT State IM Engineer

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NCDOT

• Our Mission
• Connecting people and places in NC - safely and
  efficiently, with accountability and
  environmental sensitivity
• Our Goals
• Make roads safer
• Move people and goods efficiently
• Make roads last longer

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FIRE DEPARTMENT

• Mission
• Minimize the risk of fire and other hazards to
  the citizens they serve
• Goals
• Respond and mitigate fires, medical emergencies,
  hazmat incidents, aircraft emergencies, high
  angle and confined space rescues and other
  emergencies as they arise

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FOCUS AREA Strategic Highway Corridors
Provides mobility for commuters, businesses,
tourists, hospitals, military bases, airports,
schools, and hurricane evacuees.

• Strategic Highway Corridors
• /- 5400 miles
• 7.0 of system, moves 45 of traffic

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North Carolinas Strategic Highway Corridors
(SHCs)
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Sources of Congestion
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Safety Impacts of Incidents

• Secondary Crashes
• National and NC data shows that secondary
  crashes account for nearly of all
  crashes.

• USDOT estimates that of the deaths on
  freeways are due to secondary crashes.

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REMAINING FREEWAY CAPACITY
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PUBLICS VIEW OF NCDOT
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SHOULDER ACCIDENT
-19
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FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVES
-65
46 LESS Capacity
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FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVES

• MUTCD ? NO
• Standardized? NO
• Confused? YES

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Whats Wrong With This Picture?
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Whats Wrong With This Picture?

• Tuesday, June 19, 2007
• This was a very close call last Sunday night for
  Charlotte Firefighters when a motorist slammed
  into the rear of E22 on I-85. Two suffered minor
  injuries and were treated and released. One was
  hit by debris and the other injured his back
  while climbing a concrete barrier to provide
  assistance. The driver was the only occupant of
  the of the car (a Volvo) and was pinned in. He
  was later pronounced dead at the hospital. E22
  was providing assistance to another MVA when this
  accident occurred. They were within a minute or
  so of clearing the scene.

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MUTCD Chapter 6I?
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Minor Incident
Single Vehicle on Fire on Shoulder
Who has cones?
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Intermediate Incident
Two Vehicle Accident with Injuries and Entrapment
Who has signs?
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So, How Can We All Work Better Together To
Minimize the Impacts of Incidents on Travel in
NC?
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FEMA GRANT

• NFPA 1901 Requirements (Jan 09)
• Fifty percent of the rear-facing vertical
  surface of all vehicles must now be covered with
  reflective red and yellow stripes in a chevron
  pattern sloping downward from the center of the
  vehicle at a 45-degree angle. The stripes must be
  6 in wide, instead of the minimum combined width
  of 4 in specified on the sides and front.
  Although there is some latitude on the exact
  shade of yellow to be used, other colors may not
  be substituted.

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FEMA GRANT

• NFPA 1901 Requirements (Jan 09)
• All apparatus must now carry five 28-in high
  fluorescent orange traffic cones with double
  reflective markings, five illumination warning
  devices such as flares, and one traffic safety
  vest meeting current ANSI standards for each
  seating position. Departments may want to
  increase the number of traffic cones and
  illumination warning devices based on local
  conditions.

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FEMA GRANT

• ECHSIncident Management Group
• 525,000
• Produce DVD Training
• 5 Cones / Existing 6 Tire minimum Rescue or Fire
  Truck with 80 training verified.
• Reference Visor Cards
• March Distribute to Community Colleges
• April thru May Ship Cones to FDs
• End of May Complete Grant Funding

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FEMA GRANT
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FEMA GRANT
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NEXT STEPS
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NEXT STEPS
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Questions ?
Brian Purvisbpurvis_at_ncdot.gov919-773-2975