USING HIGHWAYS FOR NO-NOTICE EVACUATIONS
Routes to Effective Evacuation Planning Primer Series

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Technical Report Documentation Letter From Associate Administrator of Operations Jeffrey F. Paniati Acronyms FOREWORD 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PLANNING PROCESS 3. EXPLANATION OF NO-NOTICE INCIDENTS 4. CONSIDERATIONS IN A NO-NOTICE CONTEXT 5. PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS 6. PLANNING FOR A NO-NOTICE EVACUATION CONCLUSION List of Figures 1.1 Probability of and Severity Associated with Types of Incidents 1.2.1 Phases of Advance-Notice Evacuation Operations 1.2.2 Phases of No-Notice Evacuation Operations 2.1 ICS Organization Chart 2.2 Key Stakeholders in Evacuation Planning 3.1 Advance-Notice Versus No-Notice Activities 5.1 Stakeholders Involved in Evacuation 5.2 Special Needs Populations 5.3 Traffic Management Tactics

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FHWA-HOP-08-003
November 2007