Surface transportation security
Subtitle: A guide to emergency response planning at state transportation agencies
By: Charles E. Wallace ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Series: NCHRP report -- 525, v. 16
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780309155038
Subjects: Emergency transportation; States; Planning; Transportation; Security measures; Emergency management; State transportation agencies; Management
Other titles: Guide to emergency response planning at state transportation agencies
Description: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 525, Vol. 16: A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies is designed to help executive management and emergency response planners at state transportation agencies as they and their local and regional counterparts assess their respective emergency response plans and identify areas needing improvement.    NCHRP replaces a 2002 document, A Guide to Updating Highway Emergency Response Plans for Terrorist Incidents.  NCHRP Report 525, Vol. 16 is supported by the following online appendixes: Appendix K - Annotated Bibliography; Appendix L - White Paper on Emergency Response Functions and Spreadsheet Tool for Emergency Response Functions; Appendix M - 2010 Guide Presentation.    NCHRP Report 525: Surface Transportation Security is a series in which relevant information is assembled into single, concise volumes - each pertaining to a specific security problem and closely related issues. The volumes focus on the concerns that transportation agencies are addressing when developing programs in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed. Future volumes of the report will be issued as they are completed.
Notes: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-100).

Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration NCHRP project 20-59(23)
Table of contents: title: Section 1 Introduction; title: Background; title: Object and Scope of the 2010 Guide; title: Section 2 Institutional Context for Emergency Response; title: Emergency Response Authorities; title: Institutional Architecture of Emergency Response; title: Guiding Principles; title: Key Definitions; title: Emergency Incident Characteristics and Terminology; title: Section 3 Assess Agency Status in Emergency Response Training; title: Section 4 Develop an Emergency Preparedness Program; title: Emergency Planning Phase; title: Prepare for the Emergency; title: Respond to the Emergency; title: Recover from the Emergency; title: Section 5 Nature and Degree of Hazards/Threats; title: Range of Hazards; title: Impact on and of the Transportation Systems; title: Example: Escalations of Incidents and Response; title: List of Acronyms; title: References; title: Other Resources; title: Section 6 Resource Guide; title: Introduction; title: Organizational, Staffing, and Position Guidance; title: Decision-Making Sequences; title: Detailed Self-Assessment Tools.