Traffic Incident Management (TIM) is a planned and coordinated process by various public agencies and private sector partners to detect, respond to, and remove traffic incidents to restore traffic capacity as safely and quickly as possible.
Nevada TIM Coalition provides a forum for discussions, incident debriefings, state and regional policies and procedures in order to enhance coordinated response time for safe, quick removal of incidents from the roadway. TIM meetings are open to TIM Coalition members.
The statewide initiative is dedicated to improving roadway safety, reducing incident response times, and enhancing coordination among first responders. Traffic incidents–including crashes, disabled vehicles, and roadway hazards–pose serious risks to motorists and responders alike. Our program brings together law enforcement, fire departments, emergency medical services, towing and recovery professionals, and NDOT to implement best practices for managing and clearing incidents efficiently and safely.
There are TIM Coalition(s) in Northern Nevada, Southern Nevada and rural TIM coalitions in Winnemucca, Elko, Ely, and Tonopah. If you are an incident responder, a member of any of the following types of agencies, please contact us:
Involvement from all levels of personnel is crucial to building and maintaining a strong TIM program in Nevada.
The Nevada TIM Program works to:
Reduce the risk of secondary crashes and responder injuries by promoting coordinated, safe and efficient incident response.
Minimize congestion and delay by training responders in quick clearance strategies.
Strengthen partnerships between emergency response agencies and transportation organizations for more effective roadway management.
Raise awareness about the importance of Move Over laws, driver safety near incident scenes and the role of responders in keeping roadways safe.
Every minute a roadway remains blocked due to an incident increases the likelihood of secondary crashes, which are often more severe than the initial incident. Efficient traffic incident management saves lives by:
Through ongoing training, collaboration, and public education, TIM helps create safer roadways for everyone–whether you’re a first responder, a tow operator, or a driver navigating Nevada’s highways.
The Nevada TIM Program supports:
Ensuring safe traffic control and coordination at incident scenes.
Providing safe and efficient vehicle recovery and clearance techniques.
Educating drivers on safe practices when encountering roadway incidents. For further information, please click on the link for the Nevada Officeof Traffic Safety.
https://ots.nv.gov/
Enhancing emergency response strategies for roadway incidents.
Managing work zones, detours and traffic flow during incidents.
Our TIM Coalitions meet bimonthly to continue to foster multi-disciplinary collaboration to work to enhance the TIM program through better communication, safe and quick clearance initiatives, and improved responder safety.
The TIM program also continues to reach out to TIM stakeholders throughout the state to encourage increased participation and adoption of TIM principles and procedures. This outreach includes National SHRP2 Traffic Incident Management training sessions as well as specialized training related to the different TIM disciplines. The Coalition also conducts public outreach related to TIM and promotes responder safety legislation such as the Move-It and Move-Over laws.
The TIM Coalition also continues to develop and update Open Road Policies (ORPs), which formalize the goal of using effective traffic incident management to open the roadway safely and quickly to restore traffic flow. These policies are endorsed by various partner agencies throughout the state of Nevada. ORPs are in various stages of development in each of the seven TIM Coalition locations (Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City, Winnemucca, Elko, Ely, and Tonopah).
The Nevada TIM Coalition established 7 TIM Regions across Nevada to help the TIM community meet regularly with their peers to network, share experiences and lessons learned in a safe and secure environment, and collaborate to deliver safer TIM activities for travelers and responders. The following are the locations for where the coalitions are held:
NDOT Traffic Management Center / Tonopah Conference Room (A105)
4615 W. Sunset Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89118
Location to be announced.
NSP Office / Conference Room
545 Mill Ave.
Ely, NV 89301
301 Brougher Ave.
Tonopah, NV 89049
Tonopah Convention Center
For dates and times of the meetings, click here.
AGC Building
5400 Mills St.
Reno, NV 89502
NSP Office (Below DMV offices)
3920 E. Idaho St.
Elko, NV 89801
Winnemucca Fire Department
1078 Winnemucca Blvd.
Winnemucca, NV 89446
For Additional Information, contact:
Pat Gallagher (Parsons)
Ph: (775) 720-8522
E: pat.gallagher@parsons.com
Kim Peters (Parsons)
Ph: (714) 334-5607
E: kim.peters@parsons.com
David Strawn (Parsons)
Ph: (702) 885-4944
E: david.strawn@parsons.com
Learn lifesaving techniques and best practices for incident response. View upcoming training sessions.
Collaborate with other responders in your region to improve incident management. Learn more about TIM Teams.
Encourage safe driving behaviors, including following Move Over laws and staying alert near incident scenes.
All can be a part of the 7 coalitions throughout Nevada. We encourage you to be a part of the effort to keep all of Nevada’s First Responder community safe!
Together, we can create safer roads for responders and motorists alike. To learn more about the Nevada TIM Program or to get involved, visit our Contact Page.
| Event Dates | Event Time | Event Description |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2025 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm |
Nevada TIM Coalition Meeting – Las VegasPlease join us for the upcoming TIM Coalition meeting for Southern Nevada. |
| December 3, 2025 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Nevada TIM Coalition Meeting – Carson CityPlease join us for the upcoming TIM Coalition meeting for Carson City, Nevada. |
| December 2, 2025 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm |
Nevada TIM Coalition Meeting – RenoPlease join us for the upcoming TIM Coalition meeting for Northern Nevada. |
To identify and solve traffic and safety issues related to improving all aspects of traffic incident management by facilitating cooperation, coordination and improved communications with statewide and local TIM stakeholders.
Program Objectives
Background on Nevada TIM
Traffic Incident Management in Nevada is a partnership between the Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), fire, EMS, police, environmental agencies, the towing and recovery industry, and the media. These partners have formed multi-disciplinary TIM coalitions to facilitate the planned and coordinated process to detect, respond, and clear traffic incidents so traffic flow may be restored as safely and as quickly as possible.
The Southern Nevada TIM Coalition was the first in Nevada, formed in January 2008. The Southern TIM Coalition now includes thousands of trained responders from a variety of agencies and disciplines in the region who meet bimonthly to implement safe, quick clearance policies that support coordinated and cohesive management of traffic during a crash. This coalition executed an Open Roads Agreement in 2009.
The Northern Nevada TIM Coalition was established in 2011 and has also grown into a successful partnership among hundreds of trained multiagency, multidiscipline responders. This coalition meets bimonthly to continue to improve TIM in the region.
Rural TIM Coalitions have been established in Elko, Ely, Tonopah, and Winnemucca to meet the specific traffic incident management concerns of rural areas. Urban area TIM Coalitions have been set up in Las Vegas, Reno/Sparks, and Carson City.
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