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Emergency evacuations : federal considerations and assessments / Kendrick F. Mooney and Angela L. Craft, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Government procedures and operations.
- Government Procedures and Operations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evacuation of civilians--United States--Planning.
- Evacuation of civilians.
- Evacuation of civilians--United States--Management.
- Evacuation of civilians--Government policy--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations, tables.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova, 2012.
- Summary:
- When government officials become aware of an impending disaster, they may take steps to protect citizens before the incident occurs. Evacuation of the geographic area that may be affected is one option to ensure public safety. If implemented properly, evacuation can be an effective strategy for saving lives. Evacuations and decisions to evacuate, however, can also entail complex factors and elevated risks. Decisions to evacuate may require officials to balance potentially costly, hazardous, or unnecessary evacuations against the possibility of loss of life due to a delayed order to evacuate. This book discusses federal evacuation policy and analyses potential lessons learned from the evacuations of individuals in response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005 with a focus on potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy.
- Contents:
- Federal evacuation policy : issues for Congress / Bruce R. Lindsay
- Report to Congress on catastrophic hurricane evacuation plan evaluation / United States Department of Transportation in cooperation with the United States Department of Homeland Security
- Transportation, disadvantaged populations : actions needed to clarify responsibilities and increase preparedness for evacuations / United States Government Accountability Office
- Disaster preparedness : limitations in federal evacuation assistance for health facilities should be addressed / United States Government Accountability Office.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61942-532-7
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