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Transportation Issues During Emergencies. James Schaaf Dean Coelho Matthew Matheny. Emergency Transportation. Logistics is the back bone of emergency response and recovery Emergencies, both big and small affect transportation Strengths and Weaknesses Future Plans. Small Emergencies.
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Transportation Issues During Emergencies James Schaaf Dean Coelho Matthew Matheny
Emergency Transportation • Logistics is the back bone of emergency response and recovery • Emergencies, both big and small affect transportation • Strengths and Weaknesses • Future Plans
Small Emergencies • A small car crash on an interstate can have a big impact on people and businesses in a large area • I-95 Jan. 2004 crash closes both lanes • 200,000 vehicles travel the road daily • Good planning and technology helped divert traffic and open roads quickly
Large Scale Emergencies • Northeastern Blackout of 2003 • Eight States and one Canadian Province lost power • In Cleveland, four water processing plants shut down, high demand for bottled water • LTL carriers were able to continue service into the cities
Large Scale Emergencies Cont. • Many businesses closed, deliveries unable to be made, LTL carriers use cross docking and have limited storage capability • Paper work had to done by hand and transported to other locations to be entered
Strengths • Transportation itself, getting supplies to where they need to go • Private transportation companies have contingency plans that have proven effective
Weaknesses • Databases, Red Cross took 4-5 days after 9/11 to collect information on trucking companies, warehouses, and personnel • Inability to track shipments • Decentralized control • Infrastructure not “ready” for disaster situations in high risk areas
Future Plans • FEMA is looking into the private sector for expertise to upgrade logistics system, switching to JIT delivery system, getting different levels of government on the “same page” • Jeana Nordstrom is working on a national database of emergency personnel familiar with logistics
Before Hurricane Rita Houston Evacuation Plan • Created 1991 • Revised After 9/11/01 Basic Plan • Evacuate City by pre-designated areas • No Plan for total evacuation • Mayor’s Plan for total evacuation
Preparing for Rita Government tried to make up for Katrina • More Pre-staged relief supplies • Staging areas closer to predicted disaster area • Relief supplies reach Houston area during evacuation
Rita hits Golf Coast Hurricane changes path and hits different areas than predicted • Relief Supplies in wrong location • Delays in plan to move supplies • Many relief shipments never reach disaster areas
New Plan Governor Rick Perry creates task force to revise response plans Recommendations • More communication • State controlled evacuations • Advanced warning plan to allow more time for evacuations
2004 Asian Tsunami • December 26, 2004 • 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami • Tsunami waves reach speeds 500 km/hr • Waves of up to 30m high recorded • 15 countries affected • Aceh province, Indonesia worst affected • 185,000 - 300,000 deaths
Pre-Tsunami Infrastructure • Countries are either emerging or third world countries • Poor transportation infrastructure e.g. low standard of airports, sea ports and roadways
After effects • Fishing industry loses millions of dollars • Roads were damaged • Airport landing strips were destroyed • Worst train accident ever, 800-1000 people killed in Sri Lanka • Sea depths have been altered eg:eased entry into Chennai port for Suezmax ships • e.g. Straits of Malacca have to be recharted, changed from 3500ft to 100ft
Mixed outcome of Relief efforts • Aid agencies like Red Cross, UN scramble emergency personnel immediately • Countries mobilize their armed forces to aid rescue effort e.g. US navy ships • Airports & ports were congested • Food rotting on airport tarmac • Container full of teddy bears get last priority
Relief efforts contd. • Freight companies DHL, UPS, FedEx use supply chains to coordinate relief effort • Helicopters most versatile for rescue effort • Elephants used in Sri Lanka to transport supplies to remote villages • Aid workers use mountain bikes to travel • Fishing boats donated to revitalize local village economies
Resources • The power of logistics: fast response kept blackout from becoming a major disaster. Perry A. Trunick. Logistics Today 44.9 (Sept 2003): p7(2). • A not so dry run John Moore 12/05/2005 www.fcw.com/article91602-12-05-05-Print • Secretary Chertoff Testifies on Hurricane Katrina ResponseWASHINGTON - February 15, 2006 www.globalsecurity.bz/news/detail.asp?id=527 • I-95 shutdown--coordinating transportation and emergency response: emergency planning, unified command, and communication are key to managing a high-profile crash on I-95 near Baltimore, MD. David Buck, Breck Jeffers and Alvin Marquess. Public Roads 68.2 (Sept-Oct 2004): p42(10) • With Lynn Fritz: Fritz Institute.(Interview). Peter T. Leach. The Journal of Commerce 6.38 (Sept 19, 2005): p60(1). What about next time? A national emergency logistics database could speed aid to victims of terrorism, disaster. (Up front).(Brief Article). John D. Schulz. Traffic World 265.45 (Nov 5, 2001): p11(1). • Governor’s evacuation plan. http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/exorders/rp57 • Texas Evac Plan. http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=4770124 . April 2006 • Texas Tran. Plan.http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/pressreleases/PressRelease.2006-03-21.3932. April 2006. • Rita's Lessons. Newsweek. Edition: U.S. Edition. Section: Special Report. Page: 28. October 3, 2005. • Houston Emergency Management Website. http://www.houstontx.gov/oem. April2006. • BBC <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4126019.stm#Tanzania> • Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake> • Wilson Logistics Continues Tsunami Relief." Pacific Shipper (May 27, 2005): NA. Business and Company ASAP. Thomson Gale. Iowa State University Library. 24 April 2006 <http://find.galegroup.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A132865096&source=gale&srcprod=BCPM&userGroupName=iastu_main&version=1.0>.
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