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S E C T I O N 3 Case Studies
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59 C A S E S T U D Y 1 Background PNWER was established in 1991 as a nonprofit, 501(c)
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60 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events Blue Cascade Exercises When planning each signature Blue Cascade exercise, RDR asks the private-sector participants what they are really worried about (rather than issuing a government mandate that "this is what we will test")
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Pacific Northwest Economic Region and the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience 61 The exercise stakeholders developed recommendations and the state, city of Seattle, and private-sector participants have been moving the recommendations forward into specific projects within the Seattle region. The projects are included as part of the regional Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)
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62 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events PNWER was instrumental in sharing the Canadian model with the states in its region, and this led to a dialogue with DHS on the subject of "What is criticality? " The region's experience with the Blue Cascades exercises made clear that criticality is dynamic, changing often in the course of any incident, and that a thorough understanding of interdependencies -- especially of critical infrastructures -- is important.
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63 C A S E S T U D Y 2 Background The emergency management agency (EMA) in Anchorage, Alaska, has incorporated inclusive planning for people with access and functional needs into several emergency planning initiatives.
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64 C A S E S T U D Y 3 Background The All Hazards Consortium (AHC) is a regional nonprofit organization, guided by Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, and the urban areas of New York City, New York, Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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All Hazards Consortium 65 work is conducted by volunteer state and operator working groups. The staff typically help get a working group started, ensuring that the group's mission and objectives are clear, arbitrate conflicts, and then step back.
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66 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events Building on its success with governmental entities, the AHC has expanded its private-sector outreach within the past few years to apply this model to operators of critical infrastructure, in particular the lifeline sectors. For example, a national firm with satellite communications can identify if a ground link is up or down.
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All Hazards Consortium 67 – Revenues and tolls – Parks and planning – General services • Federal government – DHS infrastructure protection – DHS science and technology – FEMA – U.S. DOT – Department of Energy – Department of Commerce – Department of Justice – U.S.
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68 C A S E S T U D Y 4 Background The Southwest Missouri Council of Governments (SMCOG) provides planning services to 10 mostly rural counties in and around Springfield, Missouri.
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Southwest Missouri Council of Governments 69 In addition, the RTP addressed key transportation-related activities, such as transportation demand management, transportation management systems, safety, environmental justice, and equity issues between disparate social groups. The RTP became part of the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
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70 C A S E S T U D Y 5 Background The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) , in the area of San Francisco, California, is primarily responsible for land use planning but has been involved in earthquake mitigation and planning at least since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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The Association of Bay Area Governments 71 Transportation and Infrastructure System Interdependencies* Regional transportation systems are both supplied by and supply services to major infrastructure systems, essentially creating a mutually supportive -- and dependent -- ecosystem.
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72 C A S E S T U D Y 6 Background The City of Craig, Alaska, population approximately 1,200, is located in the southernmost region of Prince of Wales Island, one of a chain of islands in the Alaskan panhandle and the fourth largest island in North America. The island runs along the coast of British Columbia.
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City of Craig, Alaska 73 to provide access to outside resources. It is common practice, for example, to invite representatives from the tsunami warning center, the American Red Cross, and other entities to LEPC meetings and tie the programming into regional events and issues.
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74 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events Small, discussion-based exercises can be effective starting points for smaller communities. He has also relied on the state emergency management agency (SEMA)
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75 C A S E S T U D Y 7 "Marathon Bombing Medical Care" by Noah Reiter (IAEM) 1 Despite the devastation caused by the blasts at the Boston Marathon in 2013, the difference between a single-digit death count and one that was far higher was a tribute to the city's preparedness; first-class police, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS)
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76 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events coordination, and highly skilled and professional responders and civilians. Area trauma centers each received more or less equal numbers of patients.
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77 C A S E S T U D Y 8 New York Metropolitan Transportation Council and Hurricane Sandy Response and Recovery The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) is a regional council of governments (COG)
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78 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events Transportation Response and Recovery Efforts Were Flexible and Coordinated NYMTC's member organizations demonstrated a flexible and coordinated approach to Hurricane Sandy recovery and restoration of the transportation system. Transportation agencies modified transportation operations and offered customers alternative services and travel modes.
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Hurricane Sandy 79 infrastructure and analyze adaptation strategies for critical infrastructure. Sponsored by FHWA, the vulnerability assessment will • Assess the impacts of Hurricane Sandy, and to a lesser extent preceding weather events, on the transportation assets within the region • Assess the vulnerability of those assets to the impacts of extreme weather events and possible future impacts of climate change • Identify adaptation strategies to increase the resilience of the transportation system The initiative will result in a series of deliverables and a final report highlighting the region's most vulnerable transportation assets and analyzing the adaptation measures available.
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80 C A S E S T U D Y 9 Background The Regional Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS) was conceptualized in 2001 by the National Capitol Region Transportation Planning Board and developed by the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology.
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Regional Integrated Transportation Information System 81 Similar systems have been developed in other regions of the country, such as greater Philadelphia. Figure 5.
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