The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Program invites you to three upcoming webinars:

• Wednesday, August 25, 2021 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET — This Talking TIM webinar features local TIM programs and how some States make TIM training a requirement for responder communities.

• Wednesday, September 1, 2021 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM ET — The TIM Capability Maturity Self-Assessment Training webinar introduces a new, abbreviated assessment for emerging and rural programs. The webinar also highlights how this tool helps identify TIM program improvements (registration not required).

• Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from 3:00 - 4:30 PM ET — This Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW) All-States Planning webinar (formerly, National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week) will introduce new CRSW social media resources and spotlight outreach strategies that use dynamic message signs.

Please consider attending one, if not all three webinars, formulated to inform and advance every TIM program. Details for each of these upcoming webinars are offered below.

The FHWA is committed to providing equal access to this online event for all participants. If you need alternative formats or other reasonable accommodations, please reply to this email with your request as soon as possible.

Paul Jodoin and Jim Austrich
Traffic Incident Management Program Managers
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-5465

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Talking TIM Webinar

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Traffic Incident Management Program invites you to register for the Talking TIM webinar on Wednesday, August 25, from 1:30 - 3:30 PM ET. Learn how the Colorado DOT helped organize 25+ local TIM Committees, and hear about the successes States have had implementing requirements for the TIM training. Featured in this webinar are:

• Patrick Chavez, Mountain Corridor Operations Manager, Colorado Department of Transportation will share how Colorado DOT helped 27 localities establish effective TIM programs.

• David McDonald, TIM Coordinator, Texas Department of Transportation will discuss their recent success in working with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) to make TIM training a requirement.

• David Covington, Emeritus Fire Chief of Schertz Fire and Rescue in a suburb of San Antonio, Texas, helped champion requirements for Texas Fire and Rescue professional to complete the National TIM Responder training. Hear how the State achieved this institutionalization of training.

• Scott Malcolm, Incident Management Specialist at Parsons Corporation, supports the Georgia TIME Task Force and will speak to institutionalizing TIM Training among emergency medical service professionals in Georgia.

Paul Jodoin and Jim Austrich, FHWA Office of Operations, organize and moderate this webinar series hosted by the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE). To view previous topics in this webinar series, please visit the FHWA sponsored Talking TIM site.

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2021 TIM Capability Maturity Self Assessment (TIM CM SA) Training Webinar

For the past 18 years, the state of practice in Traffic Incident Management (TIM) has been annually measured and benchmarked through the Federal Highway Administration’s TIM Capability Maturity Self-Assessment (TIM CM SA). The TIM CM SA serves multiple purposes. At the local level, it allows TIM program managers to gauge progress in discrete program areas (e.g. multi-agency TIM teams, policies and procedures, and training). At the national level, FHWA and other TIM stakeholders can utilize the aggregated results and analysis to identify TIM strengths and weaknesses and better allocate program resources.

To expand the number of TIM programs participating in the annual TIM CM SA, FHWA has now created an abbreviated assessment designed specifically for rural and/or emerging TIM programs in the non-Top 75 metropolitan areas. The abbreviated assessment will help evaluate program’s progress while recognizing that the programs may not have the resources available to counterparts in major metropolitan areas.

A training session on the 2021 TIM Capability Maturity Self-Assessment – both the current TIM CM SA and the new version for rural and/or emerging TIM programs – will be held via webinar on Tuesday September 1, 2021 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM ET. ALL TIM CM SA users are encouraged to participate in the webinar to better understand how you can utilize the TIM CM SA findings to improve your TIM program.

You may join the event from your own workstation using your computer with internet connection and phone. You may also join from a conference room in your office where many people may view the presentation using one connection.

Join via Web Conference

• Login: https://ata.webex.com/ata/onstage/g.php?MTID=e2ab9eb56188e5131be4e5b1453106150
• Password (case-sensitive):  TIMCMSA 
• Dial: (855) 749-4750
• Access Code: 182 351 6864

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Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW) All-States Planning Webinar

The FHWA invites State and local public information and communications officers, TIM professionals, and response community leaders to the Crash Responder Safety Week (formerly National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week) Planning Webinar on September 8, 2021 from 3:00 to 4:30 PM ET. The initiative, recognizing all TIM response communities, will take place from Monday, November 8, 2021 through Sunday, November 14, 2021. This week is our opportunity to make a difference individually and jointly for safety during traffic incident response by teaching each other and the motoring public about our common goal and responsibility for safe, quick roadway incident clearance.

During this webinar, the FHWA TIM Team will introduce social media examples based on the day of week themes for CRSW. The webinar also spotlights agencies use of dynamic message signs to promote Move Over law awareness and adherence during CRSW. During this and subsequent planning webinars, the FHWA co-leads will conduct an all-state roll call, requesting responder communities in each State highlight their plans to commemorate the week. We kindly request highlights be limited to a minute or two.