NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment Impacts;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;
Abstract:
Evacuations may involve hundreds or hundreds of thousands of people. regardless of the numbers, in each and every instance, the transportation network plays a key role in evacuating people out of harm’s way. recognizing the unique challenges posed by the disaster environment on mobility and the safe and secure movement of people and goods, the U. s. department of transportation’s (DOT’s) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) seeks to improve evacuation planning and implementation by bringing to the emergency management community new ways of better using the transportation network before and during evacuations. This document constitutes the first of a primer series entitled “Routes to Effective Evacuations.” This primer is intended as a tool to aid local and state planners to maximize the use of the highway network in the development and execution of evacuation plans for their communities, states or regions.
Advanced Traveler Information Systems, ATIS, can play an important role in communicating essential information to the public during disasters. Variabl...
The Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20 (HSPD-20) requires all local, state, tribal and territorial government agencies, and private sector ow...
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