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Extreme Event Preparedness & Response for Operations (EEPRO) LibGuide: Extreme Events
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Extreme Events
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BLIZZARDS / WINTER STORMS
5 Steps to a Winter-Liquids Program
Airside Snow Removal Practices for Small Airports with Limited Budgets
Anatomy of Change in Winter Maintenance [2009 PDF]
Bringing Snow Clearance In From the Cold
Cold Regions Engineering 2012: Sustainable Infrastructure Development in a Changing Cold Environment
Fee-Based/On-Line Subscription
Developing a "Top Ten List" for Winter Highway Maintenance [2015 PDF]
Developing a Totally Automated Spreading System [2014 PDF]
Easy-to- Read Early-Warning System
An Easy Way to Write a Winter OPS Plan ( online app)
Environmental Factors Causing Fatigue in Equipment Operators During Winter Operations [2014 PDF]
Evaluation of an Automated Bridge Anti-Icing System [2014 PDF]
Extreme Winter Lake Effect Operations and Maintenance [2013 Slidedeck]
A Guidebook for Airport Winter Operations
High-speed Train Operation in Winter Climate [2011 PDF]
Highway Winter Maintenance Operations at Extremely Cold Temperatures
Fee-Based/On-Line Subscription
How to Boost Your Road Salt, De-icing Budget
Icing Management on the Veterans' Glass City Skyway Stay Cables [2015 PDF]
Impact of Extreme Weather on Transportation: National Symposium Summary [2013 PDF]
Maintenance Services, Transportation Weather, and Winter Maintenanc
Material Spreader Use in Winter Maintenance Operations: A Survey of State Practice [2010 PDF]
Planning for & Responding to Weather
Fee-Based: Railroads & Weather
Plot a Better Plowing Plan
Research on Best Practices for Winter Weather Operations [2011 PDF]
Researchers Devise Snow Ploughing Algorithm
Road Weather Information System Statewide Implementation Plan [2014 PDF]
Road Weather Management Best Practices (FHWA) [2013 PDF]
Seven States Use Technology, Innovative Solutions to Combat Winter Weather
Snow and Ice Control at Extreme Temperatures [2011 PDF]
Snow and Ice Databook 2014: World Road Association
Snow and Ice Performance Standards [2013 PDF]
Snow Removal at Extreme Temperatures [2013 PDF]
Snow Removal Wastewate Disposal Alternatives [2014PDF]
Snow States Pool Funds to Solve Winter Maintenance Challenges [2014 PDF]
Snow Supporting Structures for Avalanche Hazard Reduction
Strategies for Snow and Ice Control at Extreme Temperatures:A Review of Current Practice
Surface Transportation Weather and Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology [2008 PDF]
Study of Winter Service Management Systems and Road User Information
Systems for Combating Ice on Overhead Wires
Fee-Based/ On-Line Subscription
Tackling Winter Storms 2014
Total Liquid Routes and Anti-Icing Liquids [2013 PDF]
Transportation System Resilience, Extreme Weather and Climate Change: A Thought Leadership Series
Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather [2012 PDF]
Winter Preparedness: Suppliers Upgrade Snow/Ice Removal, Switch Heater and Monitoring Equipment to Help Railroads Take on Whatever Winter Dishes Out
Fee-Based/ On-Line Subscription
Winter Technologies for High Speed Rail [2011 PDF]
Winter Weather Operations Training Course: Student Manual [2012PDF]
EARTHQUAKES
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Survey Publications
California Earthquake Authority Publications
Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes: A Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake Scenario [2013 PDF]
Central US Earthquake Consortium Earthquake Planning Publications
Development of Earthquake Emergency Response Plan for Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal [2013 PDF]
FEMA's Earthquake Publications for Building Designers, Managers, and Regulators
FEMA's Earthquake Publications for Public Policy Makers & Planners
MCEER's (Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research) Publications, U. of Buffalo
Repair of Earthquake-Damaged Bridge Columns with Interlocking Spirals and Fractured Bars [2014 PDF]
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Publications
FIRE
Rapid Extrication of Entrapped Victims in Motor Vehicle Wreckage Using a Norwegian Chain Method: Cross-sectional and Feasibility Study
Safe Opertaion of Fire Tankers [2002 PDF]
FLOODS
APTA/ US DOT Partnering:Floods
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Guide to Flood Emergencies: A Framework for Major Emergency Management [2006 PDF]
Missouri River Flood and Drought: Experts Agree the Corps Took Appropriate Action, Given the Circumstances [2014 PDF]
Road Construction: Taking on Water
Sample Flood Safety Plan DRAFT [2011 PDF]
Stemming the Tide of Flood Losses: Stories of Success from the History of Missouri's Flood Mitigation Program [2000 PDF]
Testing of Full-Scale Inflatable Plug for Flood Mitigation in Tunnels [2014 PDF]
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/ DANGEROUS GOODS
Better Data and Guidance Needed to Improve Pipeline Operator Incident Response [2013 PDF]
A Compendium of Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Improving Local Community Recovery from Disastrous Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents
Conrail Freight Train Derailment with Vinyl Chloride Release, Accident Report [2014 PDF]
Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies
A Guide for Assessing Community Emergency Response Needs and Capabilities for Hazardous Materials Releases
A Guide for Communicating Emergency Response Information for Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquids Pipelines
Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Assessment: State of the Practice
Marine Highway Transport of Toxic Inhalation Hazard Materials
Rupture of Hazardous Liquid Pipeline With Release and Ignition of Propane
HURRICANES / TSUNAMIS
APTA/US DOT Partnering: Tsunami
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Emergency Transportation Relief: Agencies Could Improve Collaboration Begun During Hurrican Sandy Response [2014 PDF]
Engineering and Organizational Issues Before, During and After Hurricane Katrina [2007 PDF]
Evaluation of Disconnect Boxes and Signal Heads for Hurricane Resistance [2013 PDF]
Federal and State Partners Collaborate to Help Communities Reduce Potential Impacts, but Significant Challenges Remain [2006 PDF]
Learning from Japan's Ordeal
Lessons We Don't Learn: A Study of the Lessons of Disasters, Why We Repeat Them, and How We Can Learn Them
Statewide After-Action Report: Cascadia Rising 2016 Exercise [2016 PDF]
Tsunamis: Is the U.S. Prepared? (The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science Hearing) [2005 PDF]
HURRICANE SANDY
NOAA GOES-13 Satellite image captured on 10/29/2012
MUDSLIDES / LANDSLIDES
Debris Flow Hazard and Risk on the Scottish Road Network in a Changing Climate
Fee-Based/ On-Line Subscription
Devil’s Slide Tunnel
Evaluation of Debris Flow Removal Protocol, Mitigation Methods, and Development of a Field Data Sheet [2006 PDF]
Innovative Slide Repair Techniques Guidebook for Missouri [2012 PDF]
A Landslide Hazard Rating System for Colorado Highways
Fee-Based/ On-Line Subscription
Modelling the Subsurface Geomorphology or an Active Landslide Using LIDAR [2014 PDF]
OIL TRAINS
Oil Train Derailment in West Virginia Renews Safety Questions
States, Railroads Work to Improve Oil-Train Safety
The Ticking Rail Car: First Responders Are Preparing for the Worst
Trains Plus Crude Oil Equals Trouble Along the Tracks
PANDEMIC
APTA/US DOT Partnering: Pandemic
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A Guide to Transportation's Role in Pubic Health Disasters [2006 PDF]
National Aviation Resource Manual for Quarantinable Diseases [2005 PDF]
Quarantine Facilities for Arriving Air Travelers: Identification of Planning Needs and Costs
Research on the Transmission of Diseases in Airports and on Aircraft
State EMS System Pandemic Influenza Preparedness [2009 PDF]
TERRORISM
Best Practices in Anti - Terrorism Security for Sporting and Entertainment Venues Resource Guide
A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies
A Guide to Updating Highway Emergency Response Plans for Terrorist Incidents [2002 PDF]
A Self-Study Course on Terrorism-Related Risk Managment of Highway Infrastructure
Improving the resilience of metro vehicle and passengers for an effective emergency response to terrorist attacks
Protecting the Homeland Against MUMBAI Style Attacks and the Threat from of Rom Ashkar- E -Taiba: Witness Statements
SecureStation: Passenger station and terminal design for safety, security and resilience to terrorist attack
Security Measures in the Commercial Trucking and Bus Industries [2003 PDF]
TORNADOS
10 Ways to Improve Tornado Response
APTA/USDOT Partnering: Tornados
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