URS Report - Incident Management Study
- Introduction
- 1.1 Scope of Study
- 1.2 Background
- 1.3 Objectives
- 1.4 Methodology
- 1.5 Report Structure
- Methodology
- 2.1 Initial Review
- 2.2 Workshops
- 2.3 Design of Workshops
- 2.4 Analysis
- A Better Understanding of Incident Management
- 3.1 Incident Types and performance Data
- 3.2 Roles and Responsibilities
- 3.3 Key Issues
- 3.4 Ideas Generated by the Workshops
- Review of Incident Management in the US
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 The Case for More Formal Incident Management Procedures
- 4.2 Lessons Learnt
- Main Analysis
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Main Task Analysis
- 5.3 Workload Analysis
- 5.4 Task Categorisation Analysis
- 5.5 'Solutions' Task Analysis
- 5.6 Top Level task Analysis
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
- Recommendations - Short Versions
- Recommendations - Long Version
- Appendix A: The Four Incidents
- Appendix B: Part 1: Typically What Happens; and Part 2: Incident Response Targets and Frequencies (anecdotal)
- Appendix C: USA Experience - Costs and Benefits
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge and thank the following organisations that greatly assisted the study team during the course of this work:
Participants in Workshops
West Midlands (CMPG)
- Shropshire Ambulance Service
- West Midlands Ambulance Services
- West Midlands Fire Service
- Central Motorway Police Group
- Accord Jarvis
- WS Atkins
- WSP Civils Ltd
- UK Highways M40 Ltd
- Environment Agency
- Highways Agency
- Birmingham City Council
- Staffordshire County Council
- Association of Vehicle Recovery
- Operators
- RAC
- Ringway Services
- Staffordshire Recovery Group
- Onyx Waste Management
North Yorkshire
- Tees East and North Yorkshire
- Ambulance NHS Trust
- North Yorkshire Fire and
- Rescue Service
- North Yorkshire Police
- Amey Highways
- Halcrow UK
- Environment Agency
- Highways Agency
- North Yorkshire County Council
- Automobile Association
- Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators
Cheshire
- Merseyside Regional Ambulance
- Service
- Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Cheshire Constabulary
- Cheshire Police Motorway Unit
- Alfred McAlpine Plc
- Amey Highways
- Babtie Group
- Parkman Ltd
- Environment Agency
- Highways Agency
- Cheshire County Council
- Automobile Association
- Egerton Recovery Ltd
- BIFFA
Site visits and in-vehicle observations
- Hertfordshire Police Service
- Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Bedfordshire Police Service
- Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service
- Central Motorway Police Group
- Carillion-URS Area 8 Team, Pytchley