6.3 Resources and Equipment
As mentioned previously, the re-entry phase is unpredictable in that it is difficult to determine when, or if, a large influx of evacuees will be returning to their points of origin. From a resources and equipment standpoint, agencies must plan for the worst-case scenario, monitor the post-evacuation influx closely, and provide resources and equipment as needed.
Table 10 describes some of the resources and equipment that would likely be needed by various agencies involved in the re-entry phase.
Table 10: Phase 5 Re-Entry Resources and Equipment
Agency Type |
Agency |
Resources and Equipment |
Local Agencies |
Emergency Management |
- Emergency evacuation plans
- Intra-agency communications system
- Inter-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- Emergency alert system
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Emergency Operations Center
|
Transportation |
- Emergency evacuation plans
- Intra-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Traffic Management Center
- Current road condition information
- ITS devices (e.g., surveillance cameras, DMS, HAR, 511 or other traveler information systems (phone and/or Web), interconnected traffic signal systems, HOV lanes, ramp metering, traffic signal priority for buses, and vehicle detection systems)
- Vehicle fleet
- Barricades, cones, sandbags, gravel, light towers, arrow boards
|
Law Enforcement/ Public Safety |
- Intra-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- ICS
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Police cruisers
- Helicopters
- Flares
- Fire arms, tasers, etc.
- Mobile Command Post
|
Fire Department |
- Intra-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- ICS
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Fire trucks
- Ambulances
- Fire suppression equipment
- Fire protection equipment
- Hazmat teams
- Mobile Command Post
|
Transit |
- Intra-agency communications system
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Transit vehicles (e.g., buses, trains, trolleys, and ferries)
- Park-and-ride lots
|
County and State Agencies |
County Emergency Management |
- Emergency evacuation plans
- Intra-agency communications system
- Inter-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- Emergency alert system
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Emergency Operations Center
|
State Emergency Management/Office of Homeland Security |
- Emergency evacuation plans
- Intra-agency communications system
- Inter-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- Emergency alert system
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Emergency Operations Center
|
County Department of Transportation |
- Emergency evacuation plans
- Intra-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Traffic Management/Operations Center
- Current road condition information
- ITS devices (e.g., surveillance cameras, DMS, HAR, 511 or other traveler information systems (phone and/or Web), interconnected traffic signal systems, HOV lanes, ramp metering, traffic signal priority for buses, and vehicle detection systems)
- Vehicle fleet
- Barricades, cones, sandbags, gravel, light towers, arrow boards
|
State Department of Transportation |
- Emergency evacuation plans
- Intra-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Service patrols
- Traffic Management Center
- Current road condition information
- ITS devices (e.g., surveillance cameras, DMS, HAR, 511 or other traveler information systems (phone and/or Web), interconnected traffic signal systems, HOV lanes, ramp metering, traffic signal priority for buses, and vehicle detection systems)
- Vehicle fleet
- Barricades, cones, sandbags, gravel, light towers, arrow boards
|
County Law Enforcement/Public Safety |
- Intra-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- Incident Command System
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Police cruisers
- Helicopters
- Flares
- Fire arms, tasers, etc.
- Mobile Command Post
|
State Law Enforcement/Public Safety |
- Intra-agency communications system
- Back-up communications (e.g., cell phones, satellite phones, bull horns, cable television, AM/FM radio, email, Internet, fax, handouts, maps, and ham radio operators)
- ICS
- Personnel (on- and off-duty)
- Police cruisers
- Helicopters
- Flares
- Fire arms, tasers, etc.
|
Other Agencies |
Media |
- Mobile units with satellite communications
- Video cameras
- Reporters
- Technical crews
- Web site
- Helicopters
|
Private Support Agencies (e.g., Red Cross and Salvation Army) |
- Personnel
- Mobile shelters
- Rest stations
- Food
- Water
|
June 26, 2006
Publication #FHWA-HOP-08-020
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