Maintenance Section

Each maintenance section should have emergency preparedness plans in place. These plans should include:
  • 24 hour contact information for:
    • Maintenance section employees
    • Maintenance section employee emergency contacts
    • District office response personnel
    • Area office response personnel
    • Division response personnel
    • Maintenance section personnel from adjacent sections
    • Public Information Officer
    • Law enforcement dispatch centers
  • Written plan to ensure law enforcement has latest TxDOT contact information
  • Methodology to ensure employee accountability for emergency response
  • Planned pre-event meetings with law enforcement and other response agencies
  • Inclement weather plans, if applicable, to include
  • Traffic accident response procedures
  • Hazardous material spill response procedures
  • Highway Condition Reporting System update procedures
    • Designation of personnel to be notified
    • Designation of a recommended minimum of three authorized HCRS users to update conditions during and after an event
    • Procedures to notify those HCRS users of conditions to be updated
  • FHWA notification procedures using in accordance with the
    • Designation of personnel to be notified
    • Procedures to notify those users of conditions to be reported
  • Documentation procedures
    • Designation of personnel to take photographic documentation
    • Designation of personnel to ensure correct task numbers are used for various charges
  • 24 hour scheduling - typically two crews (day and night) working 12 hour shifts
    • Scheduling of crews for designated shifts
    • Assignment of dispatch duties for designated shifts
    • 24 hour access issues - all employees have ability to access necessary facilities, equipment, and materials
  • Staffing plans during pandemic flu
  • Procedures to ensure appropriate materials are on hand in sufficient quantities for various emergencies.