The Role of Transportation in Emergency Response

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The Role of Transportation in Emergency Response

• ITS Mid-America
• September 20, 2005

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• Katrina was a grim reminder
• Transportation is Key to Emergency Response

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Emergency Transportation Operations Preparedness
and Response Workshop
Columbus, Ohio
November 3 4, 2004
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Darkened roadways represent Traffic queues
Shaded triangles represent plume data
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Benefits of Workshop

• Transportation and Emergency Response Officials
  Met- Placed faces with names, shared contact
  information
• Emergency Response Officials Increased Awareness
  of Transportation Needs and Transportation
  Resources
• Transportation Officials Better Understand Needs
  of Emergency Response Officials

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Workshop Follow-Up

• Small group has met several times
• Worked on issues including credentialing, radio
  interoperability, NIMS and other training,
  indemnity, resource management, incident response.

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Key Upcoming Goals

• Establish a group to meet regularly to debrief
  responses to freeway incidents
• A major emergency in many ways is an aggregation
  of smaller incidents
• Ensure we are prepared to establish radio
  interoperability quickly
• Ensure transportation resources and sources are
  enumerated and available
• Review indemnification issues