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Incident Management Program

Incident Management

Traffic Incident Management Workshops

"Working Together for Improved Response, Safety, Clearance, and Communications"

For workshop information, visit www.timbayarea.org

Sponsored by the Incident Management Task Force, Traffic Incident Management Workshops feature roundtable discussions to highlight challenges and solutions for the safe and quick clearance of traffic incidents.

At the workshops, allied agencies also provide information about resources and tools that are currently available in the region for traffic incident management. Participants draw on their collective expertise to identify a list of actionable items that can be used to shape incident management for the region.

Previous attendees have included staff from CHP, Caltrans, fire departments, sheriff, coroner, police departments, emergency medical services, public works, tow operators, traffic engineering and County Congestion Management agencies.

Traffic congestion caused by incidents is a major problem affecting mobility in the Bay Area. MTC works in conjunction with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to facilitate and promote interagency coordination among Bay Area traffic incident management and response personnel as part of a comprehensive Incident Management Program to enhance traffic incident detection, verification, mitigation, response and clearance.

Incident Management Programs

Traffic Incident Management workshops and regular Task Force meetings provide a forum for agency staff to discuss regional traffic incident management issues and identify improvements to reduce the impacts of incidents to motorists on the highway. The goal of the Bay Area Incident Management Program is aligned with the National Unified Goal (PDF) for traffic incident management: responder safety; safe and quick clearance; prompt reliable interoperable communications; and enhanced inter-agency coordination, cooperation, collaboration and communication.

There are also several existing MTC projects and programs that play key roles in Bay Area incident management. Please follow the links below for more information.

Incident Management Resources

Contact

For inquiries related to the incident management program, contact Sarah Burnworth at sburnworth@mtc.ca.gov.