National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Responder Training
Training for safer, faster, stronger, more integrated incident response. Three injury crashes occur every minute in the United States, putting nearly 39,000 incident responders potentially in harm’s way every day. Congestion from these incidents often generates secondary crashes, further increasing traveler delays, and frustration. The longer responders remain at the scene, the greater the risk they, and the traveling public face. A cadre of well-trained responders helps improve traffic incident response. Better incident response improves the safety of responders and drivers, reduces crashes that occur because of incident-related congestion, decreases traffic delays caused by incidents, and can cut incident response time.
The National Traffic Incident Management Responder Training, sometimes called SHRP 2, was created by responders for responders. This free course provides responders with a shared understanding of the requirements for safe, quick clearance of traffic incident scenes; prompt, reliable and open communication; and motorist and responder safeguards. Responders from all TIM responder disciplines will learn how to operate more efficiently and collectively.
This multidisciplinary training available via two delivery methods, either in-person or online/web-based:
Online
Need help finding an in-person National TIM Responder Training course in your state? Please search the (TIM) Responder Training Program Point of Contact List by state: State Point of Contact List as of 8/13/2020
Note, none of these TIM training courses are administered by TRAA. Each and every roadside responder should take the National TIM Responder Training whether required to or not. However, these courses will not satisfy your towing contract requirements if they specify a TRAA issued certification or training program.
The National Traffic Incident Management Responder Training, sometimes called SHRP 2, was created by responders for responders. This free course provides responders with a shared understanding of the requirements for safe, quick clearance of traffic incident scenes; prompt, reliable and open communication; and motorist and responder safeguards. Responders from all TIM responder disciplines will learn how to operate more efficiently and collectively.
This multidisciplinary training available via two delivery methods, either in-person or online/web-based:
Online
- NHI's National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Responder Training - Web-Based (4 Hour)
- Respondersafety.com Learning Network/TIM Training - Web-Based
- National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Responder Training - In Person (4 Hour)
- National TIM Train-the-Trainer (TtT) Course – In Person (8 Hour)
Need help finding an in-person National TIM Responder Training course in your state? Please search the (TIM) Responder Training Program Point of Contact List by state: State Point of Contact List as of 8/13/2020
Note, none of these TIM training courses are administered by TRAA. Each and every roadside responder should take the National TIM Responder Training whether required to or not. However, these courses will not satisfy your towing contract requirements if they specify a TRAA issued certification or training program.
FHWA Approved Equivalents:
- WisDOT’s TIME Program
- Ohio’s Traffic Incident Management Training (OTIM)
- Delaware’s Traffic Incident Management Training
- Illinois DOT’s Traffic Incident Management Training
- North Central Texas Council of Government’s TIM Training Program
- New Jersey Traffic Incident Responder Training
- New York DOT’s Traffic Incident Management Training
- South Carolina’s TIM Network Traffic Incident Management Training
- Texas A&M Engineering- TEEX Extension’s Traffic Incident Management Course (4hr)
- Texas A&M Engineering- TEEX Extension’s Safe Practices for Traffic Incident Management Course (8hr)
- Tennessee DOT’s Advanced Traffic Incident Management Training
- University of Kentucky’s Traffic Incident Management Responder Training
