Traffic Incident Management CoordinatorPennsylvania Turnpike Commission More than fifteen years at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Helps to coordinate PennTIME Previously worked as an emergency dispatcher Former volunteer firefighter, emergency medical technician

and hazardous material team member

TODD LEISS

511PA CONNECT & EMERGENCY COMMODITIES ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE

JUNE 25, 2018

PRESENTED BY: TODD A. LEISS – TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR

PA TURNPIKE SAFETY SERVICE PATROL

28 State Farm Safety Patrol vehicles operating 24/7/365 covering 552 miles of roadway Responds to accidents/incidents Provides traffic control for scene stabilization Delivers an initial maintenance response (debris clean up, spill control, etc.) Communicates with the Turnpike Operations Center (and other responders) regarding the

incident and resources needed to respond Patrols the roadway Renders customer assistance – Provides fuel to out of gas customers

THE PAST, HOW DID WE GET HERE?

SOURCE: PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION, 2016

NEW BALTIMORE SLIDE IMAGES – MP 128

STATE HIGHWAY CLOSURE FRAMEWORK

ROADWAY INCIDENT ACTION TIMELINE

NOTE: ABOVE NOTED INCIDENT PLANNING TIMELINE IS CONSIDERED TO START UPON ARRIVAL OF INITIAL RESPONSE RESOURCES

511PA CONNECT

PEMA, PennDOT and PTC

Extended closures

Trapped backlog communication

511PA CONNECT

511PA CONNECT

511PA CONNECT–ADMIN

511PA CONNECT–USER

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INCIDENT MANAGEMENT CHANGES UNDERWAY

EMERGENCY COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION