EM09-Evacuation and Reentry Management (Market Package*)

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Description

This market package supports evacuation of the general public from a disaster area and manages subsequent reentry to the disaster area. The market package addresses evacuations for all types of disasters, including disasters like hurricanes that are anticipated and occur slowly, allowing a well-planned orderly evacuation, as well as disasters like terrorist acts that occur rapidly, without warning, and allow little or no time for preparation or public warning.

This market package supports coordination of evacuation plans among the federal, state, and local transportation, emergency, and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large-scale evacuation. All affected jurisdictions (e.g., states and counties) at the evacuation origin, evacuation destination, and along the evacuation route are informed of the plan. Information is shared with traffic management agencies to implement special traffic control strategies and to control evacuation traffic, including traffic on local streets and arterials as well as the major evacuation routes. Reversible lanes, shoulder use, closures, special signal control strategies, and other special strategies may be implemented to maximize capacity along the evacuation routes. Transit resources play an important role in an evacuation, removing many people from an evacuated area while making efficient use of limited capacity. Additional shared transit resources may be added and managed in evacuation scenarios. Resource requirements are forecast based on the evacuation plans, and the necessary resources are located, shared between agencies if necessary, and deployed at the right locations at the appropriate times.

Evacuations are also supported by EM10, the "Disaster Traveler Information" market package, which keeps the public informed during evacuations. See that market package for more information.

Includes Equipment Packages and Subsystems:

Includes Architecture Flows:

Source Architecture Flow Destination In Graphic
Emergency Management emergency operations status Emergency System Operator No
Emergency Management emergency plan coordination Maintenance and Construction Management Yes
Emergency Management evacuation information Maintenance and Construction Management Yes
Emergency Management maint and constr resource request Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Maintenance and Construction Management Yes
Emergency Management emergency plan coordination Other Emergency Management Yes
Emergency Management evacuation coordination Other Emergency Management Yes
Emergency Management public health request Public Health System Yes
Emergency Management emergency plan coordination Rail Operations Yes
Emergency Management evacuation information Rail Operations Yes
Emergency Management evacuation information Shelter Providers Yes
Emergency Management toll service change request Toll Administration Yes
Emergency Management emergency plan coordination Traffic Management Yes
Emergency Management emergency traffic control request Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Traffic Management Yes
Emergency Management evacuation information Traffic Management Yes
Emergency Management emergency plan coordination Transit Management Yes
Emergency Management emergency transit service request Transit Management Yes
Emergency Management evacuation information Transit Management Yes
Emergency System Operator emergency operations inputs Emergency Management No
Maintenance and Construction Center Personnel maint and constr center personnel inputs Maintenance and Construction Management No
Maintenance and Construction Management emergency plan coordination Emergency Management Yes
Maintenance and Construction Management maint and constr resource response Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Emergency Management Yes
Maintenance and Construction Management maint and constr operations information presentation Maintenance and Construction Center Personnel No
Other Emergency Management emergency plan coordination Emergency Management Yes
Other Emergency Management evacuation coordination Emergency Management Yes
Other Traffic Management traffic control coordination Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Traffic Management Yes
Other Traffic Management traffic information coordination Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Traffic Management Yes
Public Health System public health response Emergency Management Yes
Rail Operations emergency plan coordination Emergency Management Yes
Shelter Providers shelter information Emergency Management Yes
Toll Administration toll service change response Emergency Management Yes
Traffic Management emergency plan coordination Emergency Management Yes
Traffic Management emergency traffic control information Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Emergency Management Yes
Traffic Management traffic control coordination Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Other Traffic Management Yes
Traffic Management traffic information coordination Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Other Traffic Management Yes
Traffic Management traffic operator data Traffic Operations Personnel No
Traffic Operations Personnel traffic operator inputs Traffic Management No
Transit Management emergency plan coordination Emergency Management Yes
Transit Management emergency transit schedule information Emergency Management Yes
Transit Management emergency transit service response Emergency Management Yes
Transit Management emergency transit schedule information Information Service Provider No
Transit Management emergency transit schedule information Traffic Management No
Transit Management transit operations status Transit Operations Personnel No
Transit Operations Personnel transit operations personnel inputs Transit Management No
    - This icon indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards. Select the architecture flow for more information on relevant standards activities.

Early Deployment

This market package has been identified as an early deployment due to a promising combination of low risk implementation characteristics, developing public or private markets for the package, and tangible system or user benefits. This Market Package provides a benefit to the traveling public by safely directing them into or out of a region that has been threaten by natural disasters or other security threat. Distributing evacuation and reentry information through Dynamic Message Signs, Highway Advisory Radio, internet, media, etc. uses established technologies and without the need for new standards or investment in new in-vehicle equipment.

Rural Development

For the Traffic Management Rural Development Track, this market package is applicable to a significant number of rural user needs, may require some augmentation for the rural environment. It addresses the needs of the broad rural development track by the following: Allows the coordination among emergency services agencies and traffic management, to provide disaster status and severity information.

For the Emergency Services Rural Development Track, this market package is highly applicable to rural user needs and suitable for the rural environment. It addresses the needs of the broad rural development track by the following: Allows emergency agencies to safely evacuate motorists safely from a disastrous area.

ITS Goals Supported

    ITS Goal Satisfaction Level
    Increase Transportation System Efficiency and Capacity *
    Enhance Mobility *
    * Features that marginally satisfy the goals
    * * Features that almost satisfy every aspect of the goals
    * * * Features completely satisfy every aspect of the goals

User Services related to this Market Package:

Problem / Solution Pairs this Market Package Addresses

Hypertext Architecture Version 6.1 generated on 1/7/2009 from the following databases
Physical Architecture dated 12/15/2008,
Logical Architecture dated 12/2/2008,
Market Packages dated 12/14/2008,
Security dated 11/13/2008,
User Services dated 4/9/2007,
Theory of Operations dated 12/14/2008,
AppMap dated 12/19/2008 and the
SDOMAP dated 12/12/2008