Evacuation Liaison Teams

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Evacuation Liaison Teams

• Into the Future

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Evacuations are Primarily a State Responsibility

• The Federal Government is committed to assist
• DOT and FEMA are partners

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DOT/FEMA PartnershipFEMA Responsibilities

• Establish ELT as part of ESF-1
• Coordinate expansion of ELT to all Regions
• Region 4 in 2000
• Begin Regions 3 6 in 2001
• Mission assign ELT during evacuations

• Assist with SOP
• Assist with TDFS
• Data from evacuation studies
• Add TDFS to Hurrevac
• Provide ELT work station in ROCs
• Include ELT in training courses
• Exercises
• Scenario development
• FEMA staff other ESFs

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DOT/FEMA PartnershipDOT Responsibilities

• Office of Emergency Transportation
• Lead organization
• Coordinate multi-region DOT Issues
• Integrate ELT into Activation Information
  Management (AIM) System
• Future hosting of server and backup

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DOT/FEMA PartnershipDOT Responsibilities

• Federal Highway Administration
• Lead for Travel Demand Forecasting System
• And other ITS applications
• Contractor support for exercises
• Cover ELT in Emergency Preparedness Seminars
• FHWA Divisions work closely with state DOTs

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DOT/FEMA PartnershipDOT Responsibilities

• Regional Emergency Transportation Coordinators
• Lead for ELT when operational
• Regional training for ELT federal and state
  partners
• Organization and management of exercises

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Theodore Roosevelt

• Not every problem can be solved,
• But every problem
• can be addressed.