# Presentation: 175387

## EVACUATION LIAISON TEAM

## BACKGROUND

**AND**
**OVERVIEW**

## MISSION

**THE MISSION OF THE **
**EVACUATION LIAISON TEAM (ELT) **
**IS TO SUPPORT REGIONAL HURRICANE **
**RESPONSE EFFORTS BY FACILITATING THE **
**RAPID, EFFICIENT AND SAFE EVACUATION OF **
**THREATENED POPULATIONS****.**

## LOCATION - ELT

**LOCATION - ELT**
**	****	****      ****SERVER**
**HARDWARE**
**SOFTWARE**
**CONNECTIVITY**

## FUNCTION/ REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

**ESF - 1 (TRANSPORTATION)**
**LEAD:****	****	****DOT**
**SUPPORT:****	****FEMA**
**	****	****USACE**
**REPORTING: ****	****OPERATIONS SUPPORT **
**	****	****	****BRANCH CHIEF**

## ROLE

**THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE ELT IS TO PROVIDE FEDERAL AND STATE EMERGENCY  MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WITH TIMELYAND ACCURATE TRAFFIC/EVACUATION  RELATED INFORMATION DURING MULTI-STATE HURRICANE THREATS.**** **

## DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

**PROVIDE AN OVERALL LIAISON       FUNCTION, CLEARINGHOUSE AND CENTRALIZED COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN THE STATES, REGION (S), FEMA HQ (EST) AND AS APPROPRIATE OTHER AGENCIES AND THE MEDIA**

**1.**

## DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

**RECEIVE, COMPILE AND ANALYZE VITAL INFORMATION, SUCH AS:**

**2.**

-  **STATUS OF EVACUATIONS (LOCAL, STATE, INTER-  STATE)**
** ****TRAFFIC FLOWS/COUNTS/SPEEDS/ETC.**
**  ****PROBLEM AREAS (EXISTING AND ANTICIPATED)**
**  ****AVAILABILITY OF SHELTERS/ROADWAY ASSISTANCE**
**  ****EMERGENCY MESSAGES/INSTRUCTIONS/PSA’S**

## DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

**DISSEMINATE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION VIA:**

**3.**

-  **WEBSITE**
** ****VIDEO CONFERENCE**
** ****TELEPHONE/TELECONFERENCE**
** ****E-MAIL**
** ****FACSIMILE**

**UTILIZING**

-  **COMPUTER FORECASTING/MODELING**
** ****GIS GRAPHICS/MAPPING**
** ****TEXT PRODUCTS**

## DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

**ASSIST IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY DATA, ANALYSIS, INTELLIGENCE, ETC., TO FACILITATE EVACUATION, PREPOSITIONING, STAGING AND REENTRY PLANNING, DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING.**

**4.**

## THE ELT WILL CONSIST OF NO LESS THAN THREE MEMBERS ON DUTY, ASSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:

**THE ELT WILL CONSIST OF NO LESS THAN THREE MEMBERS ON DUTY, ASSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:**

**1. D.O.T. SPECIALIST:  ****	****DOT/ESF-1 PERSONNEL  **
**2.  I.T. SPECIALIST:****	****USACE IT/GIS OPERATOR**
**3. E.M. SPECIALIST:****	****HLT MEMBER **

## 1.	ESTABLISH/ MAINTAIN CONTACT 

- DUTIES - DOT

**1.****	****ESTABLISH/ MAINTAIN CONTACT **
**	****WITH EOC’S (DOT)**
**2.****	****ANALYZE TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS/ **
**	****INPUTS, AS REQUESTED BY THE **
**	****STATE**
**3.****	****PROVIDE ANALYSES FOR STATUS **
**	****REPORTS**

## 4.	CONTACT EOC’S (DOT) TO IDENTIFY 

**	****TRENDS/ PROBLEMS**
**5.****	****ASSIST THE STATE ON FOLLOW-UP ****	****	****IN REPORTING LAPSES/ FAILURES**
**6.****	****ASSIST IN VERBAL BRIEFINGS**
**7.****	****COORDINATE ESF-1 RESPONSES **
**	****TO NEEDS**

## 1.  ESTABLISH/MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH 

**1.  ESTABLISH/MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH **
**     ****E.O.C.’S (EM)**
**2.  RESPOND TO INQUIRES**
**3.  UPDATE ROC STAFF**

## 4.  PROVIDE VERBAL BRIEFINGS

**4.  PROVIDE VERBAL BRIEFINGS**
**5.  MAINTAIN DUTY LOG**
**6.  MAINTAIN HARD COPY FILES**
**7.  PRODUCE STATUS REPORTS**

## 1.  MAINTAIN HARDWARE/SOFTWARE

**2.  GENERATE MODEL RUNS**
**3.  MONITOR/ ANALYZE STATE INPUTS**

- DUTIES - I.T.

## 4.  REPORT TRENDS/ LAPSES/ FAILURES

**4.  REPORT TRENDS/ LAPSES/ FAILURES**
**5.  MANUALLY INPUT INFORMATION**
**6.  APPLY GIS LAYERS TO MAPS**

## 7.  PRINT MAPS/ GRAPHICS/ 

**     ****OVERLAYS/ TABLES**
**8.  PREPARE PRESENTATIONS**
**9.  SAVE/ ARCHIVE INFORMATION**

## 1.   CRITERIA:

**1.   CRITERIA:**

**  ****HLT AND ROC ACTIVATED**
**  ****STORM HAS POTENTIAL TO BECOME**
**   ****INTENSE (CAT 3-5)**
**  ****STORM POSES THREAT TO MULTI-**
**   ****STATE AREAS**
**  ****POSSIBLE EVACUATION REQUIRED**
**   ****WITHIN 24-36 HOURS**
**  ****HLT/ROC ASSESSES NEED FOR**
**   ****ACTIVATION, **_**OR**_
**  ****STATE (S) REQUEST ACTIVATION **

## 2.   PROCEDURE:

**2.   PROCEDURE:**

** ****HLT/ROC /STATE (S) CONSIDER ACTIVATION**
** ****COORDINATION CONFERENCE HELD AMONG **
**   ****HLT/ROC/STATE (S)**
** ****ROC DIRECTOR APPROVES ACTIVATION**
** ****ROC OPERATIONS CHIEF: **
**                                           ****SETS 24 HOUR SCHEDULE **
**   ****	****	****	****           ****NOTIFIES ELT MEMBERS**
**  ****ELT REPORTS, SETS UP, AND COMMENCES**
**   ****OPERATIONS**

## ROC - STATE COORDINATION

## EOC  “CELLS”

**EOC  “CELLS”**
**STAFFING**
**STATE - LOCAL COORDINATION**

## 1. EVACUATIONS:

**1. EVACUATIONS:**

-  **JURISDICTION**
** ****DATE/TIME**
** ****CATEGORY OF STORM**
** ****STATUS (VOLUNTARY, MANDATORY)**

## 2. ROUTES UTILIZED

**2. ROUTES UTILIZED**
**3.  PREDICTED TRAFFIC FLOWS:**

-  **PARTICIPATION RATES**
** ****TOURIST OCCUPANCIES**
** ****DESTINATION PERCENTAGES**
** ****CLEARANCE TIMES**

## 4. ACTUAL TRAFFIC FLOWS:

**4. ACTUAL TRAFFIC FLOWS:**

-  **COUNTS**
** ****SPEEDS**

**5. TRAFFIC CONGESTION/BOTTLENECKS:**

-  **INTERSECTIONS**
** ****EXITS/ENTRANCES**
** ****LANE REDUCTIONS**
** ****BRIDGES**
** ****ACCIDENTS**

##  6. CONSTRUCTION AREAS

** ****6. CONSTRUCTION AREAS**
** ****7. ROAD CLOSURES**
** ****8. SPECIAL EVENTS CONSIDERATIONS**
** ****9. LANE REVERSALS**
**10. REROUTING DECISIONS/LOCATIONS**

## 11. SHELTERS:

**11. SHELTERS****:**

-  **LOCATIONS**
** ****STATUS**
** ****PROBLEMS**
** ****DIRECTIONS**

**12. COMFORT STATIONS/REST AREAS/VISITOR**
**      ****CENTERS/WEIGH STATIONS:**

-  **LOCATIONS**
** ****STATUS**
** ****PROBLEMS**
** ****DIRECTIONS**

## 13. SPECIAL NEEDS/CRITICAL FACILITY 

**      ****EVACUATIONS**
**14. EVACUATION TERMINATIONS:**

**INFORMATION EXCHANGE**

-  **JURISDICTION**
** ****DATE/TIME**

**15. WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG ROUTES**
**16. EMERGENCY ROADWAY    **
**      ****INFORMATION/INSTRUCTIONS/PSA’S/ETC.**

## 1. ELT RESPONSIBILITY:

**REPORTING TIMETABLES**

-  **FORMAL WRITTEN SITUATION REPORTS TWICE A DAY**
**  ****3 HOUR UPDATES (ONCE EVACUATIONS BEGIN) AT: ****	**** 6:00**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	**** ****9:00**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****             ****12:00**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	**** ****3:00**
**  ****PERIODIC STATUS REPORTS FOR VIDEO/TELECONFERENCES**
**  ****IMMEDIATE UPDATES TO POTENTIALLY IMPACTED STATES**
**   ****AS RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED**
**     ****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	**

## 2. STATE RESPONSIBILITY:

**REPORTING TIMETABLES**

-  **  ****3 HOUR UPDATES (ONCE EVACUATIONS BEGIN) AT:       5:00**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****8:00**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****           ****11:00**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****2:00**
** ****IMMEDIATE UPDATES TO ELT  AS RELEVANT INFORMATION**
**   ****IS RECEIVED**
**     ****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	**

## Travel Demand

**Travel Demand**

- Web Based Graphical User Interface

## Slide 32

## Other Data Displays

- Listings of critical roadway segments

## Real-Time Data Comparisons

- Allow user to input real time traffic data (if available) and compare it to the estimated traffic volumes.

- The Traffic Demand Forecast Model will also: