Improving emergency preparedness and crisis management capabilities in transportation : year 2.

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• Creators:
  Howitt, Arnold M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Harvard University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Disaster preparedness
  • Emergency management
  • Incident management
  • Crisis management
  • Decision making
  • Planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  HVDR20-6
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  New England University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  While disaster preparedness and emergency management have had a high public ; profile over the past decade, Hurricane Katrina revealed serious weaknesses in the ; United States’ emergency response capabilities. There is thus much left to do ; before full consolidation of agencies into the Department of Homeland Security and ; parallel efforts across various levels of government are achieved. ; This study examined how several functional areas that are not traditionally ; considered part of the first responder community but still play important roles in ; emergency response are developing the capabilities necessary to integrate more ; fully into the country’s emergency management system. Following earlier work on ; terrorism preparedness and emergency evacuation, the research team focused on ; how these so-called “second circle” response organizations (including those from ; the transportation sector) are implementing the National Incident Management ; System (NIMS), a Congressionally-mandated template for coordinated organization, ; operational command, and implementation of response. Researchers looked at this ; issue from national, state, and local perspectives, with significant concentration on ; the linkages between these levels of government.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26578/dot_26578_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 110.70 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cb6dd6a03153486278eb173ecffab9f345ab8daad22353a564dbc1838b0f6aee