A Guide to Emergency Quarantine and Isolation Controls of Roads in Rural Areas (2008) / Chapter Skim
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... Section 7. State and Local Evaluation of the Guide The evaluation of the guide was accomplished with the following steps: 1.
From page 56...
... Table 5. State Agencies Asked to Review "A Guide to Traffic Control of Rural Roads in an Emergency Quarantine" State agencies California Department of Agriculture Illinois Emergency Management Agency Illinois Department of Transportation Illinois Department of Agriculture Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Iowa Homeland Security Emergency Management Iowa Department of Transportation Kansas Animal Health Department Kansas Department of Agriculture Kansas Department of Transportation Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management Minnesota Department of Transportation Minnesota Board of Animal Health Minnesota Department of Agriculture Missouri Department of Agriculture Missouri Department of Transportation Nebraska Department of Agriculture Nebraska Department of Roads Nebraska State Patrol North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services North Carolina Division of Emergency Management North Carolina Department of Transportation North Carolina Highway Patrol Tennessee Department of Agriculture Tennessee Department of Transportation Wisconsin Department of Transportation 5.
From page 57...
... state or federal agencies and officials. For this reason, we believe it is important to clearly and specifically describe traffic control planning and procedures in the guide, but we also believe that the remainder of the content is included for context and should remain less prescriptive.
From page 58...
... • There are three types of stop movement: – Nationwide – Regional – Local • Cleaning and disinfection may need to be discussed further. A vehicle should not be taken to a car wash to clean off mud or manure from an infected site.
From page 59...
... County and could also reroute them away from the quarantine area. Discussion during the exercise centered on the fact that some traffic stops or diversion points might be outside the quarantine area.
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... A scenario specific to Ford County, along with quarantine and traffic volume maps, were used for the exercise at the end of the day. The exercise scenario is shown in Table 8.
From page 61...
... 7.2 Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Workshop There were eight attendees at the Blue Earth County workshop held in Mankato on January 29, 2008. Agencies represented at this work shop were: • Blue Earth County Emergency Management • Two representatives of the Blue Earth County Sheriff's office • Blue Earth County Public Works • Nicollet County Emergency Management • Two representatives of the Minnesota DOT • Minnesota Homeland Security-Regional Program Coordinator Blue Earth County has a large poultry processing plant nearby and is therefore concerned with the possibility of avian flu as well as other animal diseases.
From page 62...
... 7.3 Howell County, Missouri, Workshop There were eight attendees at the Howell County workshop held in West Plains on February 8, 2008. Agencies represented were: • West Plains Police Chief • West Plains Emergency Manager • Howell County Emergency Manager • Missouri Department of Agriculture (two representatives from agro-security and the district veterinarian)
From page 63...
... • McMinn County emergency management (three representatives including the director) • McMinn County Highway Department • Tennessee Highway Patrol • Tennessee Emergency Management Agency • Tennessee DOT-HQ Emergency Management Coordinator • Tennessee Department of Agriculture-Disaster Animal Response Coordinator The Department of Agriculture representative, a veterinarian, had been at the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in England and discussed his experiences with that emergency.
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... Guide to Traffic Control of Rural Roads in an Agricultural Emergency. The comments on the workshop could be best summarized by the message received from Dr.

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