HIGHWAY DEBRIS HAZARD CONTROL AND CLEANUP STUDY. FINAL REPORT. VOL. 1. TECHNICAL REPORT

THE PURPOSE WAS TO EXAMINE THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART OF DEBRIS HAZARD CONTROL AND CLEANUP PROGRAM PLANNING AND OPERATIONS AT STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMNET. PRIMARY ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESPONSE OF EMERGENCY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, TO A HIGHWAY EMERGENCY DEBRIS SITUATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF UNUSUAL INCIDENTS CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF INCIDENTS ARE MINOR; THAT IN RURAL AREAS DEBRIS CLEANUP GETS A LOWER PRIORITY THAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BECAUSE OF LIMITED RESOURCES, AND RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS ARE DIFFERENT; THAT MOST LOCALITIES CANNOT HANDLE OVERLOAD CONDITIONS WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL DELAYS; THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITY IS SELDOM SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TOTAL SYSTEM; AND THAT NO SINGLE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM STANDARD APPEARS TO ENCOMPASS THE RANGE OF FUNCTIONS IN HIGHWAY EMERGENCY SERVICES. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No. Tm-L-4561/001/00, 175 PP, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  System Development Corporation

  2500 Colorado Avenue
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90409
• Authors:
  • Streich, E R
  • Knudson, J F
  • Miller, B D
• Publication Date: 1971-3-19

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cleaning; Debris removal; Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards; Hazards and emergency operations; Highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Debris; Removal
• Old TRIS Terms: Cleaning procedures
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226066
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM