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Appendix C Assessment of Transit's Role in Emergency Response andEvacuation Plans of 33 Urbanized Areas and Related States
Pages 171-173

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... Green George Mason University School of Law The purpose of the committee's plan assessment was to evaluate 33 urban ized areas (UAs)  to determine whether they had emergency response or evacuation plans and whether and to what extent those plans considered the use of transit resources.
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... 5.  re methods described for communications A 3 11 2 17 among key transit personnel and between transit personnel and other key agency staff (e.g., Department of Transportation, Emergency Management Agencies)
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... 9 A b.  re methods for identifying these populations 1 15 0 17 described (e.g., special registries)
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