Planning for and Managing the Highway Transportation Component of Evacuations: FEMA, USACE and FHWA

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Planning for and Managing the Highway
Transportation Component of Evacuations FEMA,
USACE and FHWA
NTOC Webinar, November 30, 2005 John
Gambel National Program Coordinator, National
Hurricane Program, Mitigation Division Federal
Emergency Management Administration Regina
McElroy Director, Office of Transportation
Operations Federal Highway Administration

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Agenda

• Overview
• National Hurricane Program
• Key Upcoming Activities

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National Hurricane Program Partners

• FEMA
• NOAA/NWS
• US DOT
• USACE
• Others

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National Hurricane Program Products (Highway
Evacuation Related)

• Hurricane Evacuation Studies
• HURREVAC software
• Storm Surge Mapping
• Post Storm Assessment
• Hurricane Liaison Team

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National Hurricane Program Products (Highway
Evacuation Related), contd.

• Evacuation Transportation Information System
• Evacuation Liaison Team

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Key Upcoming Activities

• FEMA/USACE Assessment of Effectiveness of Federal
  Products in Supporting the Katrina and Rita
  Evacuations
• Development of Evacuation Primer (Roadway Focus)
  (FHWA/FEMA/USACE)
• ITS JPO Initiative ITS for Evacuations
• SAFETEA-LU Report