| Top 20 Security Program Action Items for Transit Agencies |
7. All operations and maintenance supervisors,
forepersons, and managers are held accountable for
security and emergency management issues under
their control.
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Program Roles and Responsibilities
Federal Transit Administration
January 2003
This excerpt from FTA’s System Security Program Planning
Template offers a completely formatted plan section to
support transit agency efforts to ensure that all operations
and maintenance supervisors, forepersons, and managers are
held accountable for security and emergency management
issues under their control. Sample text and matrices by job
category are provided. |
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Protecting Emergency Responders:
Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks
Rand Science and Technology Policy Institute
March 2002
This report summarizes findings and recommendations from a
conference which brought together emergency responders from
the September 11 attacks in New York City and the Pentagon,
the 1995 attack at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and the emergency responses to the
anthrax incidents that occurred in several locations through
autumn 2001. The conference, sponsored by the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, documented the
firsthand experiences of emergency responders regarding the
performance, availability, and appropriateness of their
personal protective equipment as they responded to these
incidents. |
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Lessons Learned
From September 11: The New York Fire Department
McKinsey & Company
August 2002
This report documents the results of a five-month study
conducted by McKinsey & Company to develop recommendations
for enhancing the emergency preparedness of the New York
Fire Department (FDNY) based on their response to the
September 11 attacks. Recommendations are delivered to the
Fire Department in five key areas: operations, planning and
management, communications and technology, family and member
support services, and interagency coordination. |
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Lessons Learned From September 11:
The New York Police Department
McKinsey & Company
August 2002
This report documents the results of a study conducted by
McKinsey & Company to identify opportunities for enhancing
the emergency preparedness of the New York Police Department
(NYPD) based on their response to the September 11 attacks.
Recommendations are delivered to the NYPD in key areas such
as operational command, communications, personnel,
logistics/equipment, intelligence, training, and planning. |
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Effects of
Catastrophic Events on Transportation System Management and
Operations: Northridge Earthquake—January 17, 1994
US DOT – ITS Joint Program Office
April 2002
This report documents the actions taken by transportation
agencies in response to the earthquake in Northridge,
California on January 17, 1994, and is part of a larger
effort to examine the impacts of catastrophic events on
transportation system facilities and services. It highlights
recommendations for how communities can coordinate and
restore transportation service as effectively as possible
under specialized emergency conditions. |
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Lessons Learned: 7
Years after the Okalahoma City Bombing (Book and Appendices)
Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention
of Terrorism
2002
This report summarizes lessons learned during and after the
Oklahoma City Bombing by the entire community. It offers
recommendations for planning, initial response, on-going
response, recovery, restoration and memorialization. |
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Arlington County After-Action
Report on the Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack
on the Pentagon
Titan Systems Corporation
May 2002
This After-Action Report (AAR) describes the activities of
Arlington County and the supporting jurisdictions,
government agencies, and other organizations in response to
the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon.
This AAR conveys the response, rescue, and recovery
activities as seen through the eyes of the response
community. |
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Performance of the Fire Service
during the 2003 Northeast Blackout and the Implications for
Critical Infrastructure Protection
International Association of Fire Chiefs
November 2003
The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) invited
its members to participate in a survey regarding the impact
of the power outage on the local fire department. Of the
8,350 members invited to participate in the web-based
survey, 899 (11 percent) responded during a three-week
period. The respondents represented career, combination and
volunteer departments and municipalities of various sizes.
The performance of the fire emergency service during the
Northeastern and other large-scale power outages reveals
four major findings that directly correlate to the fire
department’s ability to protect its community and the
national infrastructure in a national emergency. |
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Effects of Catastrophic Events on
Transportation System Management and Operation: Cross
Cutting Study
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems
Center
January 2003
In order to provide a better understanding of how
transportation is both affected and utilized in an emergency
situation, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
commissioned a series of four case studies examining the
effects of catastrophic events on transportation system
management and operations. Each of the case studies examined
a specific event and the regional response. The events
included terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington,
D.C., on September 11, 2001; an earthquake in the Los
Angeles region; and a rail tunnel fire in Baltimore. This
cross cutting study summarizes the surface transportation
activities associated with four catastrophic events and the
lessons learned from each. Each of the events resulted in
substantial, immediate, and adverse impacts on the
transportation system, and each has had a varying degree of
influence on the longer-term operation of transportation
facilities and services in its respective region. The case
studies have provided material for a series of
Transportation Response and Recovery Workshops developed by
the FHWA and held in major metropolitan areas around the
country. |
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