The National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Training Certificate is a self-paced online training program that teaches best practices for safe and efficient roadway incident response. It is offered by the Responder Safety Learning Network (RSLN).

Through ten interactive modules, participants learn key TIM concepts including scene safety, vehicle positioning, emergency lighting, incident command, hazard response, and quick clearance strategies to improve responder safety and reduce secondary crashes.

This course is part of the Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP), a nationally recognized “Roadway Safety 101” certification training for professionals in transportation, public health, and first responder agencies who support roadway safety but are not safety specialists.

RSCP includes seven core modules plus career-focused pathways in Maintenance & Construction, Planning & Engineering, Public Health, and First Responder. By completing all seven core modules and one complete pathway, participants become eligible to receive their Road Safety Champion Certificate. A full list of RSCP training modules can be found at the National Center for Rural Road Safety.

"Traffic Incident Management" is the fourth of seven modules for the RSCP Maintenance & Construction pathway and the fourth of six modules for the RSCP First Responder pathway. Complete all seven core modules plus one full pathway to receive your Road Safety Champion Certificate.

Additional course detail is provided in the sections below.

• Course Topics
  • Elements of TIM
  • TIM fundamentals & terminology
  • Advance warning
  • Blocking Procedures at roadway incidents
  • High visibility innovations
  • MUTCD
  • Move it or work it
  • Emergency lighting awareness
  • Safe operations for vehicle fires
  • Special hazards
  • Incident command & management
• Course Outline

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• What you will learn
  • Understand the basic elements of TIM
  • Identify TIM fundamentals & terminology
  • Discuss the concept of advance warning & its benefits
  • Review the concept of blocking, safe parking & safe positioning at traffic incidents
  • Explore innovative high visibility products
  • Discuss the portions of the MUTCD that apply to first responders
  • Understand the "Move It or Work It" decision to safe & quick clearance
  • Review best practices in deploying emergency optical warning devices
  • Discuss the safety and traffic incident management challenges of vehicle fires
  • Review HAZMAT, medical helicopters, vehicle extrication & crash investigations
  • Learn best practices for terminating response at a roadway incident safely
  • Use the Incident Command System (CIS) to manage a roadway incident response
• Who should attend

  This course is designed for professionals involved in roadway incident response and traffic management.

  Its target audience includes emergency responders and support personnel such as law enforcement, fire/rescue, EMS, towing and recovery, transportation/public works, emergency management, communications/dispatch, and traffic management personnel at the state, regional, or local level.

  The training focuses on improving responder safety, quick incident clearance, and coordinated communication during roadway incidents.

• Course Prerequisites

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• Course Instructors

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• Registration Information

  This course is offered by the Responder Safety Learning Network (RSLN). To register for this self-paced training, click here and create an account. Once you have set up your profile, you will be able to launch the 10-module course.

  If you are taking this course as part of the Road Safety Champion Program, please submit a certificate of completion to the NCRRS through email at info@ruralsafetycenter.org.

• For more information

  For questions or additional information about the National TIM Training Certificate, please submit a support request.

  For questions or additional information about the Road Safety Champion Program, email the Rural Road Safety Center at info@safetycenter.org.