6.4 Cooperation

Cooperate with Other Entities – “Respondents also reported the need to cooperate with ancillary agencies such as the Red Cross and animal control. Those agencies are instrumental in taking care of the evacuees and dealing with pets and livestock. They felt that fire agencies working closely with law enforcement can effect an evacuation, but that far more was involved afterward.”
Southern California Firestorm 2003: Report for the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
Have Agreements for Electronic Connectivity – “Thirty-six agencies (30 percent) reported that they have formal agreements in place to establish and/or systematically maintain the ability to share information with other systems or agencies. These agreements have been used to facilitate connection between Traffic Management Center systems and local E-911 centers and law enforcement Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems.”
Emergency Transportation Operations: Freeway Traffic Management Center Capabilities and Needs
Work with Other Entities in Evacuations – “Residents who delayed leaving and the rubbernecking factor also created challenges for firefighters trying to move into the area. Leaders said that evacuations of less threatened neighborhoods clogged critical ingress and egress routes from neighborhoods that were most threatened in areas without good route control and planning. Respondents indicated that in the smoothest evacuations, law enforcement moved to predetermined choke points when evacuation trigger points were reached.”
Southern California Firestorm 2003: Report for the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

February 7, 2006
Publication #FHWA–HOP-08-015