Truck Transportation During Natural Disasters: Floridas Experience

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Truck Transportation During Natural Disasters
Floridas Experience

• Lt. Colonel David B. Binder
• Deputy Director
• Florida Department of Transportation
• Motor Carrier Compliance Office

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Areas of Focus

• Fuel
• Emergency Orders and Permits
• Pre-staging
• Road closures and detours
• Traffic flow

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Fuel

• Trucks are less impacted than cars due to fuel
  capacity
• Refueling for trucks at Logistical Staging Areas
  (LSAs)
• Fuel trucks for first responder vehicles are
  given escorts by marked DOT/MCCO patrol cars

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Relief From Regulations

• Governors Executive Order triggers relief from
  safety regulations pursuant to 49 CFR part 390.23
  which includes hours of service
• Order provides for revised size and weight
  regulations (up to 95,000 lbs with 5 axles and
  outer bridge of not less than 51)
• Order also provides for relief from IFTA and IRP
  requirements

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Industry Notifications

• Trucking Associations
• CVSA
• FMCSA
• Individual Carriers
• Communication with neighboring states
• Web site (www.dot.state.fl.us/mcco or
  www.floridatruckinginfo.com)

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Pre-Staging

• FEMA relief supplies pre-staged at LSAs and at
  the comfort stations at DOT weigh in motion (WIM)
  facilities
• Other trucks are welcomed at the WIM Comfort
  Stations
• Locations are in an area that is not expected to
  be impacted but close enough to respond quickly

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FDOT Comfort Station
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Road and Bridge Closures

• Erosion
• Deck displacement
• Obstructions by objects
• Obstructions by debris
• Flooding

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Interstate 10 Bridge
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Interstate 10 Bridge
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Mississippi State Bridge
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U. S. 90 Bridge in Mississippi
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Bridge Approach Washout
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Roadway Erosion
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Unusual Roadway Obstruction
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Unusual Roadway Obstruction
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Motorist Information Systems

• Dial 511
• www.fl511.com
• www.floridadisaster.org
• Variable message boards
• Signs
• Motorist information radio systems

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Special Considerations

• Driver should be prepared to meet their own
  sustenance needs for at least 3 days
• Local curfews may effect deliveries during night
  time hours
• Request for law enforcement escorts should be
  limited to actual security needs
• Anticipate bridge closures when winds are 39 mph
  or greater

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Detour Routes

• Bridge damage and roadway obstructions may
  require extensive detours
• Vehicle size and weight may require additional
  detours

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Floridas 2006 Legislative Cargo Security Summit

• The 2006 summit will be held on January 25th and
  26, 2006 at the Ramada Inn, North Monroe Street
  in Tallahassee.
• This summit is co-hosted by the International
  Cargo Security Council, the Florida Trucking
  Association and Florida's Statewide Truck and
  Cargo Theft Task Force.
• Registration information is available online at
  www.dot.state.fl.us/mcco

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