Using highways for no-notice evacuations : routes to effective evacuation planning primer series.

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• Creators:
  Zimmerman, Carol ; Brodesky, Robert ; Karp, Jordan
• Corporate Creators:
  Battelle Memorial Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Disasters and emergency operations
  • Evacuation
  • Emergency management
  • Emergency communication systems
  • Command centers
  • Evacuation, Highways, Planning, Incidents, Operations,
  • Traffic management, Incident command system, Intelligent
  • Transportation Systems, Homeland Security, Transporation
  • operation center
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HOP-08-003
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
• Abstract:
  The focus of this primer is no-notice events. These no-notice incidents occur for many reasons, such as forest fires, major ; storms, chemical spills, or terrorist acts. Their common denominator is that they occur with little or no warning, which presents ; unique challenges for the safe and secure movement of people and goods. With limited time and information available to make ; decisions about evacuations, agencies’ efforts at planning ahead of time are essential. ; This primer is directed toward transportation officials, first responders, and emergency managers who will plan and execute ; evacuation efforts. Sections of the document include a discussion of the planning process used to develop an evacuation plan; ; explanation of no-notice incidents and their likely scale and consequences; considerations of the unique aspects of no-notice ; incidents and the need for different transportation strategies and tactics; discussion of evacuation planning issues and how the ; planning process needs to account for the no-notice factor; and a checklist that planners can use in preparing a plan for a nonotice ; evacuation, whether natural or man-made. This document is one of several primers intended as tools to aid local and state ; planners in maximizing the use of the highway network in the development and execution of evacuation plans for their communities, ; states, or regions.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-06-D-007/WO BA07-23
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20674/dot_20674_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 20.42 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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