Fundamental Capabilities of Effective All-Hazards Infrastructure Protection, Resilience, and Emergency Management for State Departments of Transportation

Recent headlines have reminded the DOT community of the need to constantly prepare for and respond to a wide range of disruptive events affecting the nation’s travelers, the economy and the transportation infrastructure.  Over the past decade AASHTO and its partners have united to improve and enhance the skills of those charged with securing and protecting our nation’s roads, bridges, tunnels and other facilities. The 2015 AASHTO Fundamental Capabilities of Effective All-Hazards Infrastructure Protection, Resilience and Emergency Management for State Departments of Transportation publication synthesizes the most recent federal and state guidance and research efforts and lays out a set of capabilities for state DOTs that address all-hazards infrastructure protection, resilience, and emergency management in support of National Preparedness Goals.

The goal of this webinar is to provide an overview of this newly revised resource for state DOTs and provide participants with the best and latest thinking on how to keep the nation’s transportation system strong and well protected no matter what the event that may threaten their infrastructures, personnel and customers.

Webinar Presenters:

• Ernest “Ron” Frazier, Esq, CASE, LLC
• Jeff Western, Western Management and Consulting, LLC
• Pat Bye, Western Management and Consulting, LLC
• Dave Fletcher, GPC, Inc

Moderator: Chuck Runyon, WV DOT

Webinar Outline

1. Introduction to the webinar
2. Fundamental Capabilities of Effective All-Hazards Infrastructure Protection, Resilience, and Emergency Management
3. Definition and Discussion of the Concept of Resilience
4. Fundamental Capabilities of State DOT's Planning for Success
5. Summary of Fundamental Capabilities for DOTs
6. Question and Answer Session

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar participants will be able to:
 
1. Understand how to prevent incidents within their control and responsibility;
2. Better support regional/state/local emergency responders with resources including facilities, equipment, and personnel;
3. Know the steps necessary to recover swiftly from incidents;
4. Evaluate response(s) and continually improve plans, training, skills, and protocols.
5. Know what resources are available to continue Security and Emergency education and training