A Guide to Emergency Management at State Transportation Agencies (2020) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Pages 6-15
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 6... ...
6 What Is Emergency Management? The discipline known today as emergency management has evolved over time.
|
From page 7... ...
Institutional Context for Emergency Management 7 Emergency Management Principles The FEMA Emergency Management Institute's Higher Education Project working group identified the following eight principles: 1. Comprehensive.
|
From page 8... ...
8 A Guide to Emergency Management at State Transportation Agencies Also, because other local, state, and federal agencies may be involved, along with a transportation agency in emergency response, there is a need to review and understand the specific requirements, procedures, and protocols that have been established for managing emergencies and coordinating between different roles and responsibilities among different agencies, including the coordination role of MPOs. As an example, the FAST Act encourages MPOs to consult with state agencies that plan for natural disaster risk reduction to produce plans that include strategies to reduce the vulnerability to natural events.
|
From page 9... ...
Institutional Context for Emergency Management 9 Figure 1. Agency involvement by incident level for state transportation agencies and other agencies.
|
From page 10... ...
10 A Guide to Emergency Management at State Transportation Agencies Public Laws Governing Emergency Management The key federal laws implementing emergency management policy are as follows: Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
|
From page 11... ...
Institutional Context for Emergency Management 11 Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA)
|
From page 12... ...
12 A Guide to Emergency Management at State Transportation Agencies Presidential Directives The Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) , Presidential Policy Directives (PPDs)
|
From page 13... ...
Institutional Context for Emergency Management 13 appendices, and four supplements. After an Executive Summary, the Introduction (Chapter 1)
|
From page 14... ...
14 A Guide to Emergency Management at State Transportation Agencies delineates the nation's response doctrines, responsibilities, and structures. It embraces NIMS and updates the ESF descriptions.
|
From page 15... ...
Institutional Context for Emergency Management 15 with the Protection mission area. The updates include edits to the NPG and lessons learned.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.