Cuyahoga County Evacuation Plan Updates
Description
Study and development of plan to evacuate Cuyahoga County in case of an emergency affecting mass area.
Status
Planned
Timeframe
Short-Term Priority
Geographic Scope
Service Scope
Costs - $300,000; Operations and Maintenance Cost (per year) - $3,000.
Stakeholders
Cuyahoga County Emergency Services
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
Municipal Public Works Departments
Inventory
CECOMS - Emergency Communications
City of Cleveland Maintenance Dispatch
City of Cleveland Police, Fire, and EMS Dispatch
City of Cleveland Signal Control System
Cuyahoga County Maintenance Garages
Municipal Signal Control Systems
ODOT District 12 Freeway Management Center
ODOT District 12 Maintenance Garages
OSHP State Communications Center
USCG District HQ Bridge Office
Services
EM09-1 - Evacuation and Reentry Management - City of Cleveland EOC / Cuyahoga County EOC (1 of 2)
EM09-2 - Evacuation and Reentry Management - City of Cleveland EOC / Cuyahoga County EOC (2 of 2)
EM09-3 - Evacuation and Reentry Management - Cuyahoga County EOC
Functional Areas
- The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
- The center shall provide an interface to the emergency system operator to enter evacuation plans and procedures and present the operator with other agencies’ plans.
- The center shall retrieve information from public health systems to plan for and implement evacuations or in-place sheltering for biological, chemical, radiation, and other public health emergencies.
- The center shall coordinate planning for incidents with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities for disaster response, evacuation, and recovery operations.
- The center shall coordinate planning for evacuation with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities such as establishing routes, areas to be evacuated, timing, etc.
- The center shall coordinate regional evacuation plans with Emergency Management - identifying the transit role in an evacuation and the transit resources that would be used.
Interfaces
Standards
| SDO | Document ID | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| AASHTO/ITE/NEMA | View List | NTCIP Center-to-Center Standards Group | Group |
Operational Concepts
| Stakeholder | Roles and Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| Cuyahoga County Emergency Services | |
| Coordinate emergency plans and maintenance resources with local maintenance and construction agencies. | |
| Coordinate emergency plans, emergency transit schedules, and the status of emergency transit systems with local transit agencies. | |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | |
| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) | |
| Coordinate emergency plans, emergency transit schedules, and the status of emergency transit systems with county EOCs. | |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | |
| Laketran | |
| Coordinate emergency plans, emergency transit schedules, and the status of emergency transit systems with county EOCs. | |
| City of Cleveland | |
| Coordinate emergency plans and responses with county EOCs. Includes adjusting signal timing patterns and managing municipal roads in response to and under the direction of the county EOC. | |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | |
| U.S. Coast Guard | |
| Monitor its transportation infrastructure (e.g., bridges, waterways) for potential threats using sensors and surveillance equipment and inform the appropriate emergency management agencies. | |
| Ohio State Highway Patrol | |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | |
| Coordinate regional emergency plans, incident responses, evacuation and re-entry plans, and disaster management plans with the county EOC. | |
| Ohio Turnpike Commission | |
| Coordinate emergency plans and emergency responses with county EOCs. Includes managing highways and state arterials in response to and under the direction of the county EOC. | |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | |
| Municipal Public Works Departments | |
| Coordinate emergency plans and responses with county EOCs. Includes adjusting signal timing patterns and managing municipal roads in response to and under the direction of the county EOC. | |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | |
| ODOT | |
| Coordinate emergency plans and emergency responses with county EOCs. Includes managing highways and state arterials in response to and under the direction of the county EOC. | |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | |
| Cuyahoga County Engineer | |
| Coordinate emergency plans and responses with county EOCs. Includes adjusting signal timing patterns and managing municipal roads in response to and under the direction of the county EOC. | |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. |