Fire Officers

Fire officers, supervisors, and incident commanders are responsible for implementing and enforcing safety practices at roadway incident response scenes. They must be well-trained in these safety practices, good leaders, and strong role models. These resources offer a starting point to help fire officers, supervisors, and incident commanders achieve these goals.

####Key Standards

• Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways

NFPA 1091

• NFPA 1091: Standard for Traffic Incident Management Personnel Professional Qualifications

• Online Training Module: Understanding NFPA 1091

High Visibility PPE

• American National Standard for High Visibility Safety Apparel. ANSI/ISEA 107-2020.

National Unified Goal

• Online Training Module: National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management

• Resources

####Credentials

• Certified Traffic Incident Management Person — Available from the Fire Department Safety Officers Association to all responders regardless of agency or organization. Exam study materials available on ResponderSafety.com

• National TIM Training Certificate — Available online from The Responder Safety Learning Network to all responders regardless of agency or organization.

####Emergency Vehicles & Lighting

• Video — Best Practices for Backing Fire Apparatus and Ambulances

• Online Training Module — Fire Department-Based Vehicles for Traffic Control

• Online Training Module — See and Be Seen: Emergency Lighting Awareness

• Online Training Module — New Technologies in Emergency Vehicle Lighting

• Emergency Lighting Research Initiative

• Report — Impacts of Emergency Vehicle Marking Color, Patterns and Retroreflectivity on Safety-Related Driver Responses: Study Report

• Report — Effects of Emergency Vehicle Lighting Characteristics on Driver Perception and Behavior: Study Report

• Report — Hardening Blocking Vehicles for Traffic Incidents and Planned Special Events. Report of Workshop Proceedings. Emergency Responder Safety Institute.

• Report — Study of Protecting Emergency Responders on the Highways and Operation of Emergency Vehicles: A Review of First Responder Agencies Who Have Adopted Emergency Lighting and Vehicle Conspicuity Technology. Emergency Responder Safety Institute. Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association.

• Video — Marked and Seen

• Additional Resources — Vehicle Emergency Lighting and Markings

####Helmets & Head Protection

• Online Training Module — Helmets and Head Protection for Roadway Incidents

• Helmets & Head Protection Initiative

• Report — 2020 Helmets and Head Protection Survey

####Incident Command

• Online Training Module — Traffic Incident Management: Incident Command & Management

• Online Training Module — Who’s In Charge at Roadway Incident Scenes

• Resources: Incident Command System (ICS) & NIMS

####Leadership Responsibilities

• Online Training Module — LODDs on the Roadway: Safety Lessons Learned

• Online Training Module — Professionalism and Leadership in Roadway Incident Response

• Online Training Module — Recommended Practices for TIM SOPs

• Online Training Module — Roadway Incident Safety Training Guidance for Fire Officers

• Online Training Module — Traffic Incident Management: Incident Command & Management

• Online Training Module — Traffic Incident Management: Model Practices & Procedures

• Online Training Module — Understanding NFPA 1091

• Online Training Module — Who’s In Charge at Roadway Incident Scenes

#####New Technologies and Approaches

• Online Training Module — Autonomous Vehicles

• Online Training Module — Connected Vehicles

• Online Training Module — High Visibility Innovations

• Online Training Module — Innovative Temporary Traffic Control Devices & Methods

• Online Training Module — New Technologies in Emergency Vehicle Lighting

• Report — Fire Apparatus Emergency Lighting: Study Report

• Report — Hardening Blocking Vehicles for Traffic Incidents and Planned Special Events: Report of Workshop Proceedings

• Report — Study of Protecting Emergency Responders on the Highways and Operation of Emergency Vehicles: A Review of First Responder Agencies Who Have Adopted Emergency Lighting and Vehicle Conspicuity Technology

####Responder Safety & TIM Training

• Roadway Incident Safety for Emergency Responders — Quick Start Resource: An overview of what to do to protect emergency personnel operating in or near moving traffic at roadway incidents and core elements of a roadway incident safety program.

• The Responder Safety Learning Network: 40+ free online training modules, including critical procedures like blocking, advance warning, and manual traffic control procedures.

• Roadway Safety Shorts — Short videos demonstrating recommended practices for safer roadway operations to use in training rotations, safety breaks, and roll call or shift change reinforcement.

• Roadway Safety Teaching Topic Packages — Lesson plans for your instructors and training officers, including “TIM In A Minute” videos on key safety topics in roadway response.

• Online Training Module — Roadway Incident Safety Training Guidance for Fire Officers

• Online Training Module — Traffic Incident Management: TIM Training & Resources

• Self-Guided Training Plans — Suggested training materials and progressions in key TIM/Responder Safety topics broken out by department role, including training plans for leadership.

  • Training Plans — Safety Stand Down

  • Training Plans — National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week

  • Training Plans — Rural Roads

  • Training Plans — EMS

####Line of Duty Deaths, Struck Bys, and Near Miss

• Video — Citizens’ Hose Company Struck By Incident Video Case Study

• Report a Struck By Incident to ResponderSafety.Com

• Search Struck By Incidents Database

• Resources: Struck By Incidents

• Online Training Module — LODDs on the Roadway: Safety Lessons Learned

• Near Miss Reporting

####SOPs/SOGs

• Online Training Module — Recommended Practices for TIM SOPs

• Resources: SOPs/SOGs (includes model SOPs)