Traffic Incident Management of the Florida Department of Transportation
TIM Program Overview
The Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Program in the State of Florida is comprised of local, state and private partners including law enforcement, fire rescue, emergency medical services, transportation, towing and recovery service providers, medical examiners, hazardous material responders, media, etc. Regional TIM teams have been established in many areas of the state. The primary focus of these teams is to improve the 3 C’s; communication, coordination, and cooperation among incident responders. The benefits include reducing incident-related congestion, improving response and clearance times, preventing secondary crashes, improving traffic flow and air quality, decreasing the economic impacts of incidents and most importantly…improving responder and motorist safety.
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