FASTER RESPONSE TIME : EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES : INTEGRATING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

This brochure discusses how coordinating the efforts of emergency dispatchers with transportation management agencies can improve efficiency and response times. It is noted that when emergency services agencies share facilities and traffic monitoring resources with transportation management agencies, there is a measurable improvement in the efficiency and speed of incident response.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/operations/its/jpo99004/faster.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14663
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3750
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1999 U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Joint Program Office, Washington DC Remarks: Document, in .pdf format, printed from website of US DOT Joint Program Office, and retained in PATH Binder 8
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency communication systems; Incident management
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798122
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-JPO-99-004, EDL # 6874
• Files: PATH, NTL, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 8 2000 12:00AM