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Training of Traffic Incident Responders

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L12-RW-1: Training of Traffic Incident Responders presents the results of a project that developed a training program for traffic incident responders and managers.
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Making Transportation Tunnels Safe and Secure

Mitigation countermeasures are presented for threats related to crime and terrorism and hazards related to natural events
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A Guide to Updating Highway Emergency Response Plans for Terrorist Attacks

Planning guidance for state departments of transportation that want to incorporate the Incident Command System. This report has been replaced by Report 525 Vol 16 "A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies."
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Guide for Emergency Transportation Operations

Guidance for state DOTs to coordinate activities with law enforcement, fire service, and emergency management.
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Using Highways During Operations for Events with Advance Notice

FHWA report that explores transportation management and operations advancements that may be applied to improve evacuation planning and operations when advance notice is possible. This primer is intended as a tool to aid local and state planners in maximizing the use of the highway network in the dev
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Responding to Threats: A Field Personnel Manual

Provides a draft template that contains basic security awareness training in a workbook format that can be redesigned as a phamplet, glove box brochure, or other user specific product.
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Sharing Information Between Public Safety and Transportation Agencies for Traffic Incident Management

Presents lessons learned about how public safety and transportation agencies share traffic incident information.
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Transportations Rule in Emergency Evacuation and Reentry

A comprehensive and systematic review of current practice for evacuation and repopulation, considering the use of modes for low-mobility individuals.
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Incorporating Security into the Transportation Planning Process

This report prvides a point-in-time discussion on how security considerations have been reflected in long-range planning programs within DOTs and MPOs. The report documents strategies, processes, and practices in use circa 2004.
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