Emergency Transportation Operations

MISSION

Good Incident and Emergency Highway Plans and Practices Save Lives, Safeguard Citizens and Improve Mobility.

WHAT'S NEW IN ETO

National Special Security Events: Transportation Planning for Planned Special Events (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-11-012) - This document provides a transportation overview of National Special Security Events.

LAW ENFORCEMENT TIM ALERTS

A listing of International Association of Chiefs of Police publications.

The Office of Operations welcomes you to the Emergency Transportation Operations (ETO) home page, featuring information on the ETO for Disasters, Traffic Planning for Special Events (PSE) and Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs.

FHWA, through the ETO programs, provides tools, guidance, capacity building and good practices that aid local and State DOTs and their partners in their efforts to improve transportation network efficiency and public/responder safety when a non-recurring event either interrupts or overwhelms transportation operations. Non-recurring events may range from traffic incidents to traffic Planning for Special Event (PSE) to disaster or emergency transportation operations (Disaster ETO). Work in ETO program areas focuses on using highway operational tools to enhance mobility and motorist and responder safety. Partnerships in ETO program areas involve non-traditional transportation stakeholders since ETO programs involve transportation, public safety (fire, rescue, emergency medical service [EMS]), law enforcement) and emergency management communities. ETO, as a discipline, spans a full range of activities: from transportation-centric (fender benders) to those where transportation is a critical response component (e.g., hurricane evacuations).

The Emergency Transportation Operations Web site uses National Incident Management System or NIMS categories to functionally organize its content. The NIMS chart provides specific information as it pertains to Disaster ETO, PSE, and/or TIM.

Evacuations in the News

Evacuation operations occur daily throughout the Nation. Local jurisdictions manage evacuations, whether a solitary building with 25 to 50 residents, a neighborhood or an entire city. Evacuation expertise lies with local authorities. To demonstrate that evacuations constitute daily emergency operations, FHWA offers a weekly summary of where events occur to aid in further research or peer-to-peer exchanges. We invite you to search this Web site for more on evacuation planning and operations.

Comments and Suggestions

We welcome all comments and suggestions. Please address your comments and suggestions to ETO@dot.gov.

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Search: Home About ETO Traffic Incident Management Traffic Management for Planned Special Events ETO for Disasters National Incident Management System Command and Management Preparedness Traffic Incident Management Performance Measurement Knowledgebase Resource Management Communications and Information Management Supporting Technologies Ongoing Management and Maintenance Publications FAQs Training Links	Emergency Transportation Operations MISSION Good Incident and Emergency Highway Plans and Practices Save Lives, Safeguard Citizens and Improve Mobility. WHAT'S NEW IN ETO National Special Security Events: Transportation Planning for Planned Special Events (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-11-012) - This document provides a transportation overview of National Special Security Events. LAW ENFORCEMENT TIM ALERTS A listing of International Association of Chiefs of Police publications. The Office of Operations welcomes you to the Emergency Transportation Operations (ETO) home page, featuring information on the ETO for Disasters, Traffic Planning for Special Events (PSE) and Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs. FHWA, through the ETO programs, provides tools, guidance, capacity building and good practices that aid local and State DOTs and their partners in their efforts to improve transportation network efficiency and public/responder safety when a *non-recurring* event either interrupts or overwhelms transportation operations. Non-recurring events may range from traffic incidents to traffic Planning for Special Event (PSE) to disaster or emergency transportation operations (Disaster ETO). Work in ETO program areas focuses on using highway operational tools to enhance mobility and motorist and responder safety. Partnerships in ETO program areas involve non-traditional transportation stakeholders since ETO programs involve transportation, public safety (fire, rescue, emergency medical service [EMS]), law enforcement) and emergency management communities. ETO, as a discipline, spans a full range of activities: from transportation-centric (fender benders) to those where transportation is a critical response component (e.g., hurricane evacuations). The Emergency Transportation Operations Web site uses National Incident Management System or NIMS categories to functionally organize its content. The NIMS chart provides specific information as it pertains to Disaster ETO, PSE, and/or TIM. Evacuations in the News Evacuation operations occur daily throughout the Nation. Local jurisdictions manage evacuations, whether a solitary building with 25 to 50 residents, a neighborhood or an entire city. Evacuation expertise lies with local authorities. To demonstrate that evacuations constitute daily emergency operations, FHWA offers a weekly summary of where events occur to aid in further research or peer-to-peer exchanges. We invite you to search this Web site for more on evacuation planning and operations. Comments and Suggestions We welcome all comments and suggestions. Please address your comments and suggestions to ETO@dot.gov. To view PDF files, you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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