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Improving emergency preparedness and crisis management capabilities in transportation : year 2.
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2013-03-01
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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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