A Pandemic Playbook for Transportation Agencies (2020) / Chapter Skim
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Chapter 1: Pandemic Basics Key Facts A pandemic is a "global disease outbreak" that may easily spread, with little or no immunity to the disease, resulting in a high rate of sickness and/or death. At the onset of a pandemic, no vaccine is available and there are limited, if any, successful medical treatments.
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Impacts on Transportation All hazards have social and economic consequences, but unlike other more common emergency events, pandemics have minimal, if any, impact on infrastructure. Pandemics "cause significant absenteeism, disrupt essential services and operations, change patterns of commerce, and interrupt supply chains." The social impacts on agency employees are significant.
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Additionally, in their support role as part of Emergency Support Function (ESF-1) , transportation agencies provide resources and support to other agencies and to the community (See Appendix A)
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Pandemic Planning How to create an agency Pandemic Plan is addressed in NCHRP Report 769: A Guide for Public Transportation Pandemic Planning and Response. This page provides a brief overview of what should be included.
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Chapter 2: Key Questions to Ask In a pandemic, there are three overarching goals of a transportation agency. Health and safety needs to be first; without safe and healthy staff there is no response.
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Types Considerations Critical Areas Timing What is the estimated duration of the event? Are phased approaches possible?
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Mission Area Category Key Questions Related Plays Response Activation What levels of activation are there – stand-by, alert, monitoring, activate? What to stock up on supplies?
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Chapter 3: Key Players and Agencies Collaboration, coordination, and communications within a transportation agency and with other local, tribal and territorial, state, regional, and federal agencies that may be involved in pandemic emergency management can be challenging for state DOTs and other transportation agencies. Table 5 lists the key players both internal to the agency and externally and their critical roles.
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Types Key Player Critical Roles Regional/ National FEMA All CDC, HHS Guidance and recommendations FHWA/US DOT Guidance and recommendations/directives Reg'l/Nat'l Associations – I-95 Corridor Coalition, All Hazards Consortium, etc. Information sharing and roles AASHTO/APTA/CTAA regional and national committees and working groups Information sharing DOT and transit agency peer groups Coordinating help from other agencies or DOTs Other External Community organizations Identify community needs requiring support Share safety protocols Share guidance and recommendations Energy and telecommunications companies Support and coordination Facilitate exceptional requirements, e.g.
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