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A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies

Overview

A Guide for use by state transportation agencies in planning and developing their organizational functions, roles, and responsibilities for emergency response within the all-hazards NIMS context. This report replaces a 2002 document, "A Guide to Updating Highway Emergency Response Plans for Terrorist Incidents."

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
    Risk Management
    Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
    Planning for Operations
    Traffic Incident Management
    Resilience
    Emergency Planning

Organizational Capability Element

    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
    Public safety agency collaboration

Content Type

Research

Role in Organization

Transportation Planner
Researcher/Academic
Director / Program Manager
Engineer

Publishing Organization

NCHRP

Document Downloads

Author
Wallace, Charles E; et al.
TOM Chapters
20.1
20.2
19.3
30.2
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Issue Date
Publication Number
NCHRP Report 525 Vol 16
ISBN Number
978-0-309-15503-8