1.1 Organization of the Case Studies
Booz Allen addressed the following issues with each case study:
- What happened in terms of the incident and the evacuation
- Description of the community
- The focus at the start, during and after the evacuation
- Transportation impacts
- Advance planning and preparation
- Communication between entities and to evacuees and the general public
- Use of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) equipment/advanced technology
- Coordination efforts
- Decision making
- Difficulties in the evacuation
- After-action reports
- Special needs evacuations if applicable
- Best practices
- Lessons learned
- What worked and what did not work
- Improvements for next time.
February 6, 2006
Publication #FHWA-HOP-08-014
