3.3 Resources and Equipment
The resources and equipment needed to carry out the incident notification phase of an emergency evacuation include individuals, systems, and devices that are used to broadcast information to a large number of people. The ability to use multiple modes of communication both to communicate within and among agencies, as well as to communicate with the media and the public, is essential to the incident notification phase.
Table 4 describes the resources and equipment needed to carry out the incident notification phase of an emergency evacuation.
Table 4: Phase 2 Incident Notification Resources and Equipment
Agency Type |
Agency |
Resources and Equipment |
Local Agencies |
Emergency Management |
- PIO
- Emergency alert system
- Dedicated TV and/or radio stations
- Emergency Operations Center
- Web site
- Incident Command System (ICS)
|
Transportation |
- 511 system
- Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)
- Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) system
- Web site
- ICS
- Traffic Management Center (TMC)
|
Law Enforcement/ Public Safety |
- 911 dispatch (Including Reverse 911® if available)
- Communications system
- ICS
|
Fire Department |
- 911 dispatch (Including Reverse 911® if available)
- Communications system
- ICS
- TMC
|
Transit |
- Communications system
- Dispatch/Operations Center
- Web site
- ICS
|
County and State Agencies |
County Emergency Management |
- PIO
- Emergency alert system
- Dedicated TV and/or radio stations
- Emergency Operations Center
- Web site
- ICS
|
State Emergency Management/Office of Homeland Security |
- PIO
- Emergency alert system
- Dedicated TV and/or radio stations
- Emergency Operations Center
- ICS
|
County Department of Transportation |
- 511 system
- DMS
- HAR system
- Web site
- ICS
- TMC
|
State Department of Transportation |
- 511 system
- DMS
- HAR system
- Web site
- ICS
- TMC
|
County Law Enforcement/Public Safety |
- 911 dispatch
- Communications system
- ICS
- Reverse 911® system
|
State Law Enforcement/Public Safety |
- 911 dispatch
- Communications system
- ICS
|
Other Agencies |
Media |
- Communications system to facilitate notification of first-responders in the event the media is the first on the scene
|
June 26, 2006
Publication #FHWA-HOP-08-020
