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Atlanta Region Evacuation Coordination Plan

Atlanta Region Evacuation Coordination Plan. (March, 2009) ARC – Planning Advisory Committee Consultants: Beck Disaster Recovery Atlanta Regional Commission. “Let our advance worrying become advanced thinking and planning.”. Winston Churchill (FEMA CPG101,March, 2009).

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Atlanta Region Evacuation Coordination Plan

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  1. Atlanta Region Evacuation Coordination Plan (March, 2009) ARC – Planning Advisory Committee Consultants: Beck Disaster Recovery Atlanta Regional Commission

  2. “Let our advance worrying become advanced thinking and planning.” Winston Churchill (FEMA CPG101,March, 2009)

  3. Prepare

  4. Respond

  5. Save Lives

  6. Recover

  7. Crisis Leadership • Shake off Shock • Orient Yourself • Look for Solutions • Source: “Survivors Club”, Ben Sherwood

  8. Focus

  9. Coordination/Response Process

  10. Legal Authority • Georgia Emergency Management Act • Georgia Mutual Aid Act • Southern Regional Emergency Management Compact • Emergency Management Assistance Compact

  11. Can We Evacuate? 92% of the population would evacuate

  12. How Do We Evacuate? 89% of the population have transportation 11% would need assistance

  13. Scenarios • Regional Evacuation – 24 hrs.+ • Area Evacuation (Northern I-285 Crescent) – 12 hrs.+ • Atlanta Central Business District – 8-10 hrs.+

  14. Where Will People Go? • Family 47% • Hotel 27% • Shelter 12% • Would not evacuate 8%

  15. 245 Red Cross Shelters

  16. Primary and Alternate Sheltering Communities in Georgia

  17. Recovery • Public Sector • Private Sector • Non Profit Sector • Faith Based Community

  18. The 7 Policy Question • Can we evacuate? • How and where do we evacuate? • Who makes decisions? • Who is in charge? • How do we talk to each other • What’s our capacity to respond? • What do we tell the public?

  19. Atlanta Regional Evacuation Coordination Plan

  20. Current Projects

  21. UASI Requested Projects

  22. BDR Recommendations

  23. BDR Recommendations Cont.

  24. BDR Recommendations Cont.

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