A Guide to Emergency Quarantine and Isolation Controls of Roads in Rural Areas (2008) / Chapter Skim
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... 41 Section 5. Traffic Control in Agricultural Emergencies This section presents a taxonomy of policies and procedures that would be used in an agricultural emergency.
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... Table 3. Transportation Policy Procedure Taxonomy Phase 1: Planning Prior to Incident Phase 2: Initial Response: Detection to Confirmation Phase 3: Long-term Response: Confirmation to Restoration Personnel Tasks Personnel Tasks Personnel Tasks Responsible Person or Incident Commander County Emergency Manager Initiate planning, preparation and training for the county's response to a FAD.
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... 43 Table 3. Transportation Policy Procedure Taxonomy (Continued)
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... 5.2 Considerations for Traffic Control The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) specifies the required traffic control devices for a work zone or incidents based on the duration of the work or incident.
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... • Any vehicles being used to smuggle livestock or poultry • Nonagricultural vehicles passing through • Nonagricultural vehicles entering or leaving • Emergency vehicles Very few formal quarantine traffic control plans were found in the literature review with the exception of Nebraska's Traffic Control Monograph. This monograph is included in Section 2.5 and discussed in more detail in Section 6.
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... A route priority scheme is included in the guide. 5.4 Levels of Traffic Control The levels of traffic control will be determined by the route priority and the available resources of the responding agency.
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... Prioritization of routes for closure, control and/or surveillance, as well as detour planning should be thoroughly considered in the preparedness stages before an incident occurs and should be covered in the Local Emergency Operation Plan for foreign animal diseases or agricultural emergencies. However, because the quarantine boundaries cannot be determined prior to the incident, some additional planning and prioritization will be required.
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... 5.6 Resource List Prior to an incident, a list of local resources should be compiled. The list should include the location and quantity of any type of equipment needed, as well as contact information and instructions for how to obtain the resources from the owner.
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... Table 4. Example Traffic Control Resource List County: Johnson Date: 7/1/2006 Owner: State DOT, Springfield Item Quantity Maintenance building Signs Contact Stop 20 Name: Jim Jones, Stop Ahead 5 Maintenance Supervisor Road Closed 10 Phone Detour 20 Numbers: Office: 123-456-7890 Arrows 20 Cell: 123-456-0987 US / State highway identifier signs various After 4 pm: 123-4567089 road name signs various Sign Posts 50 Address: 111 County Road R

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