Highway Maintenance Response Time Standards

FIRST RESPONDER CHECKLIST1. What is the nature of the incident?2. What is the exact location, including direction and lanes blocked?3. What is needed to stabilize the incident and make the area safe?4. What hazards are present?a. Are there injuries? Number and severity? Persons trapped?b. What hazards exist for response personnel and the public?c. Is there fire or haz-mat potential?d. Do warnings need to be issued?e. Is evacuation required?2. Who needs to be contacted?a. What response agencies/organizations need to be contacted?(Fire, EMS, Haz-Mat, DNR, Health, etc.)b. What level of Motorist Information is needed?3. What level of traffic control is needed?a. Does the highway need to be closed?b. Can traffic be detoured over another route?4. What resources are needed?a. Where will they come from?b. How long will it take to get them?c. What is the best direction to approach from and park?5. What are possible contingencies?a. Consider what could happen. Because emergency events are unplanned andinvolve danger, risk and confusion, any possible developments must beconsidered, in addition to the current situation.43 Incident Response Plan