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Pages 79-80

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... Emergency Planning: a systematic or methodological way to think through the lifecycle of a potential crisis, determine required capabilities, and help stakeholders learn and practice their roles. It directs how a community envisions and shares a desired outcome, selects effective ways to achieve it, and communicates expected results (CPG 101)
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... Multi-Hazards software HMEP: PHMSA's Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant Program HMCFS: Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Study HMIR: PHMSA's Hazardous Materials Incidents Reports database HMR: Hazardous Materials Regulations HPMS: FHWA's Highway Performance Monitoring System ICS: Incident Command System IWR: USACE's Institute for Water Resources LEPC: Local Emergency Planning Committee MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization NIMS: National Incident Management System NGO: Non-Governmental Organization NPMS: PHMSA's National Pipeline Mapping System NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NRF: National Response Framework NRHM: Non-Radioactive Hazardous Materials NTAD: National Transportation Atlas Database SAFER: FMCSA's Safety and Fitness Electronic Records System SERC: State Emergency Response Commission SSI: Sensitive Security Information STB: Surface Transportation Board TERC: Tribal Emergency Response Commission TIH: Toxic Inhalation Hazard TRANSCAER: Chemical Manufacturer's Association Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response Program UN/NA: United Nations/North American USACE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers VIUS: BTS' Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey 80 Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies
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Key Terms

  • commodity flow
  • emergency response
  • materials commodity
  • emergency planning
  • flow study

  • emergency plans
  • response commission
  • response framework
  • national response
  • grant program

  • conducting emergency
  • community awareness
  • flow studies
  • contained therein
  • key terms

  • local hazardous
  • determine required
  • materials regulations
  • incidents reports
  • materials incidents

  • transportation analysis
  • materials transported
  • materials contained
  • association transportation
  • tribal emergency

  • national transportation
  • hazmat commodity
  • stakeholders learn
  • reports database
  • developing emergency


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