SIRV Responsibilities

The Severe Incident Response Vehicle Team is dispatched to major incidents on I-75, I-95, and I-595 in Broward County 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. SIRV responds to any lane blocking incident dispatched by the SMART SunGuide Transportation Management Center (TMC). Staffing includes 2 full-time and 2 part-time Traffic Incident Management Specialists.

The vehicle will serve as an incident command post with the SIRV staff responsible for coordination and communication between incident responders, the TMC and FDOT. In addition, the vehicles are outfitted with traffic management equipment such as cones, signs, spill absorbent, roadway repair supplies and flares to be used for the Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) to ensure the safety of everyone on scene.

When not in the field, SIRV staff coordinates with responding agencies to conduct Post Incident Analysis (PIA). PIA's are a review of major incidents that are conducted with all responding agencies specific to that incident. A PIA's purpose is to learn what went well and see what could have been done better. SIRV Operators also prepare incident reports on all incidents they respond to. The SIRV staff performs Quality of Service audits and vehicle inspections for the Road Ranger Service Patrol Program. SIRV participates in the Broward County and Palm Beach County Traffic Incident Management (TIM) meetings every month.