2.3 Resources and Equipment
Identifying resources and equipment needed in the event of an emergency evacuation prior to the incident occurring can help those agencies involved in implementing the evacuation to focus on conducting actual evacuation procedures, rather than worrying about where, and from whom, to obtain equipment and additional resources.
Table 2 describes some of the resources and equipment that various agencies involved in emergency evacuation planning should identify during the advanced planning phase.
Table 2: Phase 1 Advance Planning Resources and Equipment
Agency Type |
Agency |
Resources and Equipment |
Local Agencies |
Emergency Management |
- Planning guidance materials (e.g., evacuation plan examples and county guidelines)
- Inventory of agency resources (e.g., emergency operations center and communications capabilities)
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Contracts/agreements to provide additional resources if needed
|
Transportation |
- Planning guidance materials (e.g., evacuation plan examples and county guidelines)
- Transportation network data (e.g., lane and intersection configurations, signal timing, and roadway capacities)
- Transportation network models
- Inventory of agency resources (e.g., traffic management center, ITS devices, traffic signals including locations, communications infrastructure, and traffic control devices)
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Contracts/agreements to provide additional resources if needed
|
Law Enforcement/ Public Safety |
- Inventory of agency resources
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Coordination with Emergency Management and Transportation to identify needed resources based on evacuation plan (e.g., traffic barricades and cones)
|
Fire Department |
- Inventory of agency resources
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Coordination with Emergency Management and Transportation to identify needed resources based on evacuation plan (e.g., ambulances, and medi-flight helicopters)
|
Transit |
- Transit network data (e.g., routes, schedules, vehicle availability, vehicle capacities, and ITS equipment)
|
County and State Agencies |
County Emergency Management |
- Planning guidance materials (e.g., evacuation plan examples and county guidelines)
- Inventory of agency resources (e.g., emergency operations center and communications capabilities)
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Contracts/agreements to provide additional resources if needed
|
State Emergency Management/Office of Homeland Security |
- Planning guidance materials (e.g., evacuation plan examples and county guidelines)
- Inventory of agency resources (e.g., emergency operations center and communications capabilities)
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Contracts/agreements to provide additional resources if needed
|
County Department of Transportation |
- Planning guidance materials (e.g., evacuation plan examples and county guidelines)
- Transportation network data (e.g., lane and intersection configurations, signal timing, and roadway capacities)
- Transportation network models
- Inventory of agency resources (e.g., traffic management center, ITS devices, traffic signals including locations, communications infrastructure, and traffic control devices)
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Contracts/agreements to provide additional resources if needed
|
State Department of Transportation |
- Planning guidance materials (e.g., evacuation plan examples and county guidelines)
- Transportation network data (e.g., lane and intersection configurations, signal timing, and roadway capacities)
- Transportation network models
- Inventory of agency resources (e.g., traffic management center, ITS devices, traffic signals including locations, communications infrastructure, and traffic control devices)
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Contracts/agreements to provide additional resources if needed
|
County Law Enforcement/Public Safety |
- Inventory of agency resources
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Coordination with Emergency Management and Transportation to identify needed resources based on evacuation plan (e.g., traffic barricades and cones)
|
State Law Enforcement/Public Safety |
- Inventory of agency resources
- Documentation of other agencies’ resources and capabilities
- Coordination with Emergency Management and Transportation to identify needed resources based on evacuation plan (e.g., traffic barricades and cones)
|
Federal Agencies |
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
- Planning guidance materials (e.g., local, county, and state evacuation plan examples, and federal guidelines)
- Contracts for resources
|
Other Agencies |
Media |
- Communications protocols for notifying the public
|
Private Support Agencies (e.g., American Red Cross and Salvation Army) |
- Contracts/agreements to assist in providing food, shelter and medical care along evacuation routes
|
June 26, 2006
Publication #FHWA-HOP-08-020
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