Responder Training
Second Strategic Highway Research Project TIM Responder Training:
Developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration in collaboration with the Second Strategic Highway Research Project (SHRP-2):
Nationally consistent TIM responder program that supports the National Unified Goal for TIM:
- Responder safety
- Safe and quick clearance of incidents
- Prompt, reliable, interoperable communications
Why it is important:
Between 2019 and 2021, the number of TIM personnel killed in California in response to an incident according to Responder Safety:| Law enforcement officers | 4 |
| Freeway Service Patrol | 1 |
| Fire fighters | 1 |
| Emergency Medical Services | 1 |
| Tow truck operators | 6 |
Nationwide cost of congestion according to the 2019 Urban Mobility Report:
- Traffic delay cost commuters 54 hours per year
- $1,010 of delay cost to commuters per year
- 3.3 billion gallons of fuel
- $166 billion in total delay cost
High Level Support:
- California Highway Patrol
- California Department of Transportation
- California Fire Marshall
- California Tow Truck Association
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- International Association of Fire Chiefs
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Official