Incident Management

Incident Management is a traffic area of highway where temporary traffic controls are installed in response to a road user incident, natural disaster, hazardous material spill, or other unplanned incident. Incident Management extends from the first warning device to the last or to a point where vehicles return to the original lane alignment and are clear of the incident. Three Incident Management classes are: Major - Expected duration of more than 2 hours, Intermediate - Expected duration of 30 minutes to 2 hours, and Minor - Expected duration under 30 minutes. Fluorescent Pink for incident management signs is recommended by the MUTCD to warn motorists in advanced.