FACING SNOW EMERGENCIES

A SNOW EMERGENCY IS DEFINED AS "AN UNFORESEEN COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION." THUS A SNOW EMERGECY CAN BE ANY AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL, JUST AS LONG AS IT WAS UNEXPECTED OR ADEQUATE PREPARATIONS WERE NOT BEEN MADE FOR IT. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED: PARKED VEHICLES, VEHICLES STOPPED IN TRAFFIC, BLOCKED ACCESS RAMPS TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS, USES OF SNOWMOBILES IN EMERGENCY CONDITIONS, SNOW LOADS ON BUILDINGS, EFFECT OF WIND ON SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS, REDUCTION OF SNOW LOADS FOR EXPOSED ROOFS, AND BASIC DESIGN SNOW LOADS FOR ROOFS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 25 Pp, 1 FiG
• Corporate Authors:

  American Public Works Association

  Eleventh Annual North America Snow Conf
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Coombes, J P
• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Frost damage; Hazards and emergency operations; Loads; Parking; Ramps; Roofs; Snow and ice control; Snow removal; Snowmobiles; Stopping
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parked vehicles; Stopped vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218768
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 1971 12:00AM