Coordinated Incident Management and Safety Committee
The Coordinated Incident Management – Safety Committee raises the visibility of safety in all Coalition activities, and facilitates, supports, and enhances the coordination and implementation of interagency efforts in response to incidents. Within this Committee are Regional HOGs groups — an acronym from the previous committee name of “Highway Operations Group” — which address regional geographies from Maine to Florida.
FHWA’s SHRP2 National Traffic Incident Management Responder Training
USDOT/FHWA has a coordinated, multi-disciplinary training program developed through the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2), and the Eastern Transportation Coalition Regional Highway Operations Groups (HOGs) are pleased to support the national initiative by bringing this training for traffic incident responders to the HOGs Regions. In addition to the Coalition’s sessions, FHWA is conducting these sessions throughout the country.
For more information, click here.
Download National TIM Responder Training brochure (PDF)
Go to SHRP2 Solutions (USDOT/FHWA) webpage
Leadership
CIM Co-Chairs:
Jennifer Portanova
North Carolina DOT
Email: [email protected]
Coalition Staff Liaison
Denise Markow
TSMO Program Coordinator
I-95 Corridor Coalition
Phone: (301) 789-9088
E-Mail: [email protected]
Committee Regions or HOGs
The Coordinated Incident Management – Safety Program Track Committee was originally called the Highways Operations Group or HOGs for short. As a result of the Coalition’s Project #2: Incident Management – Detection, Response and Operations, the HOGs group was divided into five regional groups: New England, Metro New York, Delaware Valley, Potomac and Southern.
There were two major advantages to dividing the larger committee into five regional groups. Many of the operational issues affected agencies within sub-sections of the corridor. These issues could be better addressed within the regional groups than they could in a corridor-wide group.
Because of the expense and travel time required for everyone throughout the corridor to travel to one location there would be greater participation if more localized meetings could be held that did not require overnight stays.
The HOGs continue to have a corridor-wide annual meeting in which all members gather. For more information, click on the Coalition Calendar.
New England
Co-Chairs:
Tom Reinauer
Southern Maine Regional Planning & Development Commission
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tri-State
Co-Chairs:
Solomon Caviness
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
E-Mail: [email protected]
Sal Cowan
New Jersey Department of Transportation
E-Mail: [email protected]
Delaware Valley
Co-Chairs:
Sal Cowan
New Jersey Department of Transportation
Email: [email protected]
Laurie Matkowski
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Email: [email protected]
Mike Pack
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Email: [email protected]
Potomac
Co-Chairs:
Joey Sagal
Maryland State Highway Administration
Email: [email protected]
Kamal Suliman
Virginia Department of Transportation
Email: [email protected].
Southern
Co-Chairs:
Captain Freddy L. Johnson, Jr.
North Carolina Department of Public Safety
E-Mail: [email protected]
Jennifer Portanova
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Email: [email protected]
Upcoming Meetings
Check back for information on upcoming meetings.
Regional HOGs Meetings occur several times per year, and the meetings are announced by direct email. If you wish to be added to the email distribution list, please send an e-mail to Patty Reich.