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... Worksheet 10 is a template the team can use to identify vulnerabilities and capabilities and to provide an overall assessment regarding the level of disruption that may be experienced by the agency. In completing these worksheets, the COOP team is advised to first enter emergencies that could result in disruptions sufficient to trigger the COOP plan.
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... This documentation can be used to help assess the threats to the essential functions the agency chooses to focus on during emergencies that might require COOP activation. these results show similarities among the types of emergencies about which all transportation agencies are concerned, they also highlight distinct differences in the types of emergencies selected by state DOTs, TMCs, and pubic transportation agencies as most significant: • State DOTs are most concerned about terrorist attacks, power failures, and snow or ice storms.
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... 14 Figure 3. Transit agency events most likely to require COOP activation.
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