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From page 24... ... 24 C H A P T E R 4 4.1 Overview This manual is grounded with a "First You Plan" strategy to support an effective and coordinated assessment, coding, and marking process during emergency events. The goal of the planning and preparation phase is to anticipate and train for as many of the likely emergency scenarios as possible so that the needed response can be identified, planned, prepared for, and effectively coordinated with a minimum of crisis management. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... Planning and Preparation 25 In the following sections, a number of resources will be identified that can aid in the planning and preparation for an emergency event. A number of key questions that should be asked during the planning stage are highlighted in Table 4-1. Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 26 Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations: Assessment Process Manual their division offices -- prepare formal EOPs to establish authority, responsibilities, and procedures for how the organization will operate in response to a disaster or emergency event. The federal government has provided many tools to state and local agencies for developing EOPs; most notable is the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... Planning and Preparation 27 previous inspection reports, structural databases, and photographs. They can improve coordination between agencies during routine inspection as well as emergency situations. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 28 Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations: Assessment Process Manual responsibility for inspecting and reporting bridge condition data to the NBI database following the established coding and recording guidelines. To be most effective, each SHA should have a GIS-enabled version of the NBI that it can use to quickly perform spatial analysis. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Planning and Preparation 29 frequently with information such as road closures due to construction. Online mapping services such as Google Maps could be used as a fallback for those who do not have GIS software. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations: Assessment Process Manual 4.4 Equipment and Resource Infrastructure During planning, an agency should identify the resources needed during an emergency event and ensure that they are available when and where needed. Inexpensive tools should be prepackaged (see Section 8.3.1 for details) Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Planning and Preparation 31 Figure 4-1. Event planning flowchart. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 32 Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations: Assessment Process Manual Based on a report conducted by Oregon DOT, the three main goals identified for Oregon seismic lifelines routes are as follows (CH2M Hill 2012) Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Planning and Preparation 33 Feature Considerations Initial information Initial reports from Fast Reconnaissance including the media or the general public will help narrow down where damage is most intense and which structures have experienced major damage or collapse. Structural vulnerability This includes the year the structure was built and design criteria. Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... 34 Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations: Assessment Process Manual 4.5.3 Traffic Levels and Capacity When prioritizing routes for PDA of highway structures, traffic levels and capacity need to be considered to ensure that the highway network remains as efficient as possible for orderly evacuation, transport of supplies, and quick return to day-to-day activities for a healthy economy. The following measures related to traffic levels have been used for different assessment purposes: highway functional classification, capacity, congestion, emergency access route, and interdependent lifelines. Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Planning and Preparation 35 Key Recommendations for Emergency Event Planning • Establish a list of possible emergency events. • Correlate which areas and highway structures are likely to be affected during specific emergency events. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... Source: USGS (2014d) Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... Planning and Preparation 37 These products produce an estimate of ground shaking intensity only. Researchers (Zhu et al. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... 38 Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations: Assessment Process Manual and Operations Field Personnel. Although the training materials developed as part of this research that focused on structures are much narrower in scope, it is recommended that they be implemented in a framework consistent with those recommendations in NCHRP Synthesis 468. Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... Planning and Preparation 39 4.8.3 Implementation of the Assessment Process and Integration with Routine Inspections The assessment process following emergency events will be more effective if it is integrated with routine inspections (e.g., NBIS) Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... 40 Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations: Assessment Process Manual • National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) -- The NIPP provides a coordinated approach to established national priorities, goals, and requirements for critical infrastructure and key resources protection (DHS 2013a) Read the entire page →

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... 24 C H A P T E R 4 4.1 Overview This manual is grounded with a "First You Plan" strategy to support an effective and coordinated assessment, coding, and marking process during emergency events. The goal of the planning and preparation phase is to anticipate and train for as many of the likely emergency scenarios as possible so that the needed response can be identified, planned, prepared for, and effectively coordinated with a minimum of crisis management.