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Detailed Information for Unit Leader, Traffic Control


Status:Not Filled
Identifier:Traffic Control Unit Leader
Duty Description:Organize and enforce vehicular traffic security for facility.
  
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Documents/Tools:• Incident Action Plan
• Hospital emergency operations plan
• Hospital organization chart
• Hospital telephone directory
• Radio/satellite phone
• Hospital emergency operations plan

Action Logs
Traffic Control Unit Leader Messages

Immediate Duties:1. Receive appointment, briefing, and any appropriate materials from the Security Branch Director.
2. Read this entire Job Action Sheet and review incident management team chart (HICS Form 207). Put on position identification.
3. Notify your usual supervisor of your HICS assignment.
4. Document all key activities, actions, and decisions in an Operational Log (HICS Form 214) on a continual basis.
5. Appoint Traffic Control Unit members and complete the Branch Assignment List (HICS Form 204).
6. Brief Unit members on current situation, incident objectives and strategy; outline Unit action plan; and designate time for next briefing.
7. Ensure Unit members comply with safety policies and procedures including the appropriate use of personal protective equipment.
8. In coordination with the Access Control Unit Leader and Staging Manager, establish ambulance entry and exit routes.
9. Establish emergency ingress and egress for emergency traffic.
10. Provide traffic control of damaged areas and any appropriate patient care area.
11. Consider the need for:
• Controlling access to campus
• Coordination with local and regional traffic control and law enforcement
• Potential use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Potential triage at campus entrance
12. Document all communications (internal and external) on an Incident Message Form (HICS Form 213). Provide a copy of the Incident Message Form to the Documentation Unit.
Ongoing Duties:1. Meet regularly with the Security Branch Director for status reports, and relay important information to Team members.
2. Regularly obtain information about progress on assigned tasks from Unit members and report important information to Security Branch Director.
3. Provide vehicular traffic control.
4. Monitor use of personal protective equipment and any adverse impacts.
5. Establish ingress and egress traffic patterns.
6. Identify need for assistance or equipment and report to the Security Branch Director.
7. Develop and submit an action plan to the Security Branch Director when requested.
8. Advise Security Branch Director immediately of any operational issue you are not able to correct or resolve.
HICS Printable Version:Operations-Security-Traffic_Control_Unit_Leader-2014.pdf
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