1st Quarter 2012 FIM Meeting Minutes

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Incident Management Task Force Meeting
March 8, 2012
Frazier International Museum
829 W. Main Street
Louisville, Kentucky
Attendees:
1. Doug Hamilton, JC/EMA (Co-Chair)
2. Tim Emington, TRIMARC (Co-Chair)
3. Jim Mallory, TRIMARC (Recording Secretary)
4. Lt. Joe Seelye, LMPD Traffic
5. Stephen Strong, Suburban Towing
6. Kevin Nuss, Oldham County EMA
7. Paul Whitman, Shelby County EMA
8. Les Bandy, Bullitt County Assistant EMA
9. Paul Ponzio, Samaritana
10. Lt. Andy Amrehein, LMPD VID
11. Shane Ratliff, KYTC Incident Management
12. Tony L. Young, FHWA, KY Division
13. Ken Downs, LMPD VID
14. Mike Wallingford KY Fire Commission
15. Andrea Clifford, KYTC D-5, PIO
16. Daniel Woo, TRIMARC
17. Scott Evans, Northrop Grumman
18. Ron Stewart, Evergreen Environmental
19. Capt. Daniel Pearman, KSP
20. Lt. Marshall Johnson, KSP Post 5
21. Craig Butler, LM-APCD
22. Jason Richardson, KYTC D-5
23. Lt. David Lee, KSP Post 4
24. Capt. John Ward, KSP Post 4
25. Pam Rice, FMCSA FHWA
26. Nick Shade, Tony’s Wrecker Service (KT&RA President)
27. Michael Kelly, GRA-KAT Environmental
28. Jeff Bibb, KYTC, Incident Manager
29. Maj. Steve Delus, Worthington Fire (Jeff. Co. Fire Chiefs Assoc.)
30. Tom Wright, KYTC D-5
31. Andy Rush, KIPDA
32. Lori Kelsey, KIPDA
33. Todd Hood, TRIMARC
34. Ron Stewart, Evergreen AES
The March 8, 2012meeting was called to order By Co-Chairman Doug Hamilton
at 1005 hrs. The start of the meeting was held for a few minutes because of
inclement weather causing some members to run late.
Co-Chair Doug Hamilton advised the committee that he wanted to make a
statement that did not necessarily reflect the opinion of others, but that he
personally was upset and appalled at the way the Indiana Department of
Transportation opened the Sherman Minton Bridge without notifying anyone in
Kentucky emergency services that it was being opened. Doug explained that
throughout the closing of the bridge officials in Kentucky, and especially
Louisville and KYTC District 5 had cooperated with INDOT in coping with the
traffic problems and inconvenience to the citizens of both states. The only way
that JC/EMA, Metro Safe, the LMPD and other officials and emergency
responders on this side of the river knew that the bridge was open was that it
was seen on the TRIMARC cameras that traffic was moving. It was, in his
opinion, insulting and very unprofessional that we were not notified ahead of time
so that preparations could be made to make the opening smooth.
Co-Chair Hamilton then asked that we go around the room and everyone
introduce themselves and the organization they represented. This was done.
Co-Chair Tim Emington reviewed the National Unified Goal (Responder Safety;
Safe, Quick Clearance; and Prompt, Reliable, Interoperable
Communications.).
Co-Chair Emington then discussed the objective of Freeway Incident
Management, which is A SAFETY INITIATIVE WITH CONGESTION
MITIGATION AS A BY PRODUCT. The goal of the KYTC FIM Task Force is “To
clear all incidents as soon as possible in order to improve the safety of
both incident responders and the motoring public.
Tim then went over the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices definition of
the three types of highway incidents.
1. MAJOR – Expected duration of more than two hours.
2. INTERMEDIATE – Expected duration of 30 minutes to 2 hours.
3. MINOR – Expected duration of less than 30 minutes
Tim Emington then went over the crash data for the state YTD and KYTC D-5 for
the past three months since our last FIM meeting which was:
Down 2 from 2011
COLLISION DATA FOR KYTC DISTRICT 5
DECEMBER 4TH, 2011 THROUGH MARCH 1, 2012
BY COUNTY
JEFFERSON COUNTY
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Total Collisions:
Collisions w/injury
Collisions w/fatality
(I-65, I-64, I-71, I-264, I-265)
940
134
2
(Total injuries – 190)
(Total fatalities - 2
BULLITT COUNTY
(I-65)
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Total Collisions:
Collisions w/ injury
63
7
(Total Injuries – 9)
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0
(Total Fatalities – 0)
FRANKLIN COUNTY
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(I-64)
Total Collisions:
26
5
0
HENRY COUNTY
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(I-71)
Total Collisions:
13
2
0
OLDHAM COUNTY
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(I-71)
Total Collisions:
27
7
0
(Total fatalities – 0)
SHELBY COUNTY
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(I-64)
Total Collisions:
34
2
0
(Total Injuries –3)
SPENCER COUNTY
(NO INTERSTATES THROUGH COUNTY)
TRIMBLE COUNTY
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(I-71)
Total Collisions:
1
0
0
ALL DISTRICT 5 COUNTIES COMBINED
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Total Collisions:
Collisions w/fatalities
1,104
157
2
Next Tim Emington critiqued the Total Closures of Interstate Highways within the
district since the last FIM meeting in December.
DATE
12/20/2011
ROADWAY
I-64 E
MILE POST
44
TIME
03:18
COUNTY
SHELBY
This incident was critiqued by Tim Emington and Shane Ratliff of KYTC Incident
Management. The incident lasted for 5 hours 15 minutes and a NET alert was
issued on this closure. This was an overturned CMV. Detours were set up by
KSP and KYTC for this closure, by using exit 43 (Waddy Peytona exit on US-60.
DATE
12/20/2011
ROADWAY
I-264 W
MILE POST
2
TIME
1245
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
This incident was critiqued by Tim Emington. This closure was due to a police pursuit and
the area of the closure was considered a crime scene and had to be closed until it could be
searched. Tim explained that it was fortunate that it happened while the Sherman Minton
Bridge was closed so it was easier to close it off without disruption to very many motorists.
The closure lasted 4 hours and 42 minutes. No NET alert was issued for this incident
because I-64 EB was closed at the Bridge and it was one of those incidents where the
Officers in charge kept thinking it would open very shortly, and no commitment was made
that indicated it would be closed for more than two hours.
DATE
1/11/2012
ROADWAY
I-65 S
MILE POST
109
TIME
10:59
COUNTY
BULLITT
Les Bandy, Ass’t EMA for Bullitt County critiqued this closure along with Tom Wright of
KYTC District 5. The incident involved three CMV’s, the first of which had the turbocharger
on his truck blow out, leaving a lot of oil on the roadway, and reportedly created a thick blue
haze that reduced visibility to near zero. In this environment a second CMV slowed down
because he couldn’t see and a third ran in to him. Two people from the third truck were
transported, however their injuries were not life threatening. The clean up of the incident
took several hours and I-65 SB had to be detoured onto KY-61 south through Lebanon
Junction and back onto the interstate. Les advised that the second truck was carrying
several thousand chickens, and that NO chickens were lost in the incident. Tom Wright
advised that the oil on the roadway from the turbocharger created a clean-up problem, and
the road could not be opened until it was made safe. The first lane was opened at 1535
hrs, and then other lanes were opened as they were cleaned up. The incident lasted a total
of 6 hours and 36 minutes. A NET alert was issued for this incident.
DATE
01/17/2012
ROADWAY
I-265 N
MILE POST
34
TIME
11:54
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
This closure was caused by two Commercial Vehicles that were blown over by strong
winds. It was suspected that a small tornado hit the trucks. Even though a NET alert was
issued, the scene was cleared in 1 hour and 25 minutes. KYTC helped set up the closure
and the vehicles were recovered quicker than expected. The Total Closure time was 1 hour
and 26 minutes. All lanes were clear at 13:23 hrs.
DATE
01/17/2012
ROADWAY
I-265 N
MILE POST
32.4
TIME
13:48
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
This crash was critiqued by Tim Emington (TRIMARC), Lt. Joe Seelye (LMPD Traffic
Commander), Tom Wright (KYTC), Steve Strong (Suburban Towing), and Jim Mallory
(TRIMARC). This incident happened some twenty five minutes after the previous closure
(Trucks turned over by storm) had cleared, however the traffic was still backed up. A small
bus traveling north did not note that the traffic ahead was moving very slow and ran in the
back of the car ahead of him. Both people in the car were killed. After the investigation of
this crash was completed, as the wrecker was attempting to leave the scene with the small
bus the bus erupted in flame and the fire department had to be called to return to the
scene. This response was slower than desired because there was no communication
between the Officers on the scene and the responding Fire unit, and the fire unit had to go
south to the next interchange and then work its way back through the traffic to get to the
scene. Had they communicated direct they could have been allowed to come up the exit
ramp the wrong way. Co-chair Doug Hamilton pointed out with new unified communication
system everyone on these type scenes should automatically establish communications on
Mutual Aid channel one, (this channel is always manned by an operator at Metro Safe and
is set up for this purpose) and then other responding units can make contact as they
respond and get directions from those on the scene as to the most direct route to the
scene. Tim Emington pointed out that information like this and to prevent secondary
accidents is exactly why we have these meetings. The closure lasted 3 hours and 23
minutes. The scene was cleared at 15:23 hours.
DATE
01/19/2012
ROADWAY
I-265 N
MILE POST
25.0
TIME
17:49
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
This incident was a crash between three CMV’s on I-265 WB at I-64. The last truck in the
chain was cleared very quickly by Tony’s Wrecker Service and moved to the right shoulder.
The middle truck had its cab knocked off the frame, and the wrecker service had to set the
cab back up before the truck could be towed. This scene was cleared in 1 hour and 11
minutes because the chain of events were such that luck was on our side. When the crash
occurred, Tony’s had a wrecker about a mile east of there and responded immediately.
The second wrecker that was needed was on scene by the time the rear truck in the crash
was cleared, and the two wreckers working together got the cab back on the second truck
and towed off the right shoulder, and the last truck pulled off on its own. The other thing
that worked out perfectly was that even though this crash happened during rush hour a
LMPD unit was just behind the crash and took control of the scene and began the
investigation very quickly. The roadway was completely open at 1900 hrs. No NET alert
was needed for this scene.
DATE
02/27/2012
ROADWAY
I-65 S
MILE POST
133.4
TIME
01:30
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
This crash was critiqued by Lt. Joe Seelye of LMPD. The crash was a single car
impact with a pedestrian and the pedestrian was killed. Since it was very late at
night the traffic was light and no issues with the investigation or closure were
noted. TRIMARC was not notified of the closure so no NET alert was issued.
The roadway was re-opened at 0500 hrs.
DATE
03/05/2012
ROADWAY
I-65 N
MILE POST
133.0
TIME
05:23
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
This crash was critiqued by Lt. Joe Seelye of LMPD Traffic and occurred at 05:23 in the
morning and a light snow was falling. A contract snow removal vehicle was struck in the
rear by another vehicle. The roadway was closed for only 39 minutes and everything was
cleared. Because of the late hour there was no back up of traffic and the roadway was reopened at 06:02 hrs.
DATE
03/05/2012
ROADWAY
I-65 N
MILE POST
136.5
TIME
06:31
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
Lt. Seelye critiqued this crash as well. This crash also occurred during the snow the
morning of March 5th. Three automobiles crashed into one another right at the exit from I65 N to I-64. The crash itself only blocked one lane, but with injuries involved LEMS,
LMPD, and LF&R responded and the combination of the emergency vehicles caused the
Total Closure of the interstate for 36 minutes. As soon as the emergency vehicles started
clearing the scene, lanes of traffic were allowed to move. The scene was cleared and all
lanes open at 07:16 hrs.
DATE
03/06/2012
ROADWAY
I-65 S
MILE POST
129.8
TIME
15:25
COUNTY
JEFFERSON
This crash was also critiqued by Lt. Seelye of LMPD. This was a crash involving a pick-up
truck towing a Jeep, a motorcycle, and a CMV. The motorcycle driver was killed. Because
of the location of the body in the center lane, traffic could not be allowed to flow on either
side of it. LMPD established a detour by allowing SB I-65 traffic to exit at the Grade Lane
exit, and cross the intersection and immediately re-enter south bound I-65. They also
closed Grade Lane on either side of the interstate so that the detour traffic could move
uninterrupted. However with five lanes of traffic south bound, only two lanes would fit on
the ramp and the queue backed up to Liberty Street. LMPD blocked off access to I-65 SB
from I-264 in both directions, and this of course backed I-264 up as well. People using the
side streets to continue south created a near saturation situation on all the south bound
streets near I-65.The coroner did not arrive on the scene for two hours, and the body could
not be moved. Once the coroner had arrived and the body was released and removed the
fatal investigation took almost two more hours. The roadway was opened at 19:23 hours.
Communication between the commanding officers on the scene and TRIMARC helped
TRIMARC keep the public informed as well as keep overhead Dynamic Message Signs
updated, and worked very well. By the time the roadway was opened, rush hour was over
and the trapped queue had shrunk to Crittenden Drive. This combined with the movement
of SB traffic through the detour helped get traffic back to normal quickly, just 14 minutes
after it was re-opened.
Tim Emington asked if there were any other incidents we needed to critique, and none
were presented.
Tim Emington then called on Mr. Paul Ponzio, President of Samaritania. Samartania is the
sub-contractor that provides the Freeway Service Patrols for the TRIMARC program. Paul
explained how the trucks are equipped, and the training the FSP drivers receive before
they are placed out on patrol. Paul asked for questions and there were none.
Tim Emington reminded every one that the new FIM web page www.trimarc.org/fim.html is
operational, and invited participants to open it and review its contents.
Tim asked if anyone else had anything to bring up to the meeting. Tony Young of FHWA
asked to speak and was recognized.
Tony advised everyone that the next Life Savers Conference would be at the Galt House
April 25-27 and invited everyone to attend. Tony also went over the list of break out
sessions for this year as well as the opening and closing sessions.
Co-chair Doug Hamilton reminded everyone of the “CODE RED” system and how it works
and how it only sends out the alert to the people in the risk area identified by the National
Weather Service. Doug also pointed out that there is a “Code Red” APP available for free
for those on Apple Phones that will keep you alerted of code red alerts in our area. This
APP is controlled by satellites and tracks your phone where ever you are so that you get
the alert.
Tony Young discussed with the committee problems that Lexington Metro is having with
quick and accurate response by wreckers to incident scenes. They asked for suggestions.
Lt. Andy Amerehein, who is charge of the towing operation for LMPD explained how the
towing procedure is handled for LMPD. Doug Hamilton advised that Metro Safe Operators
have had a lot of experience dealing with our wreckers and contract wreckers and over the
years have learned the correct questions to ask of Officers to get the correct response.
Nick Shade, President of the Kentucky Towing and Recovery Association, explained that
the association has a training program that can be given to help people understand about
wreckers, both requesting the correct type and dispatching the correct type. Tim Emington
invited Nick to present the training at the next Freeway Incident Management committee
meeting in June and Nick agreed to do so.
Jeff Bibb from KYTC Incident Management thanked TRIMARC for the letter Tim sent
thanking them for their assistance during the bridge closure of the Sherman Minton Bridge.
Tim acknowledged the thanks and advised the gathering that Safe Patrol had one unit on
either side of the Kennedy Bridge during morning and evening rush hours throughout the
closure of the Sherman Minton Bridge, and helped keep traffic moving during accidents and
break downs. Tim again thanked them on behalf of the Louisville community.
Doug Hamilton adjourned the meeting at 11:10 AM and advised everyone our next meeting
will be June14, 2012.

1st Quarter 2012 FIM Meeting Minutes

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