HURRICANE HARVEY EVACUATION
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Transportation Management Services (TMS) has helped develop and maintain a comprehensive emergency management transportation program to assist local, state, and federal evacuation and relief efforts. This has included responding to 10 named disasters over the 13 year period.
Location of Project:
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Work Performed:
Emergency evacuation transportation, reporting and staffing services
Participation:
Contractor to Texas Department of Emergency Management
Contract Value:
AED 72,945,780
OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
Over the past three years, Transportation Management Services (TMS) worked closely with the Texas Department of Emergency Management to develop and exercise a plan that would assist evacuating residents in the event of a major disaster. In August of 2017 this preparation and planning was called to action and with less than 48 hours notice, TMS had:
- Mobilized 650 motor coaches to support the evacuation efforts
- Mobilized over 80 staff across 500 square miles to support the motor coach evacuation efforts
- Helped the State of Texas fulfill their statutory and moral responsibility to protect the citizens of the State of Texas
- Staffed key liaison positions with both FEMA and the state Emergency Operations Center
- Utilized state of the art GPS tracking technology to monitor movement
DELIVERY SUCCESSES
- Helped the State of Texas successfully, safely and efficiently evacuate residents
- Limited the impact and facilitated entities with the ability to recover from financial losses
- Enhanced the image and credibility of FEMA and the State of Texas with our emergency management planning, training and operational readiness
- Identified and deployed an experienced planning team and conducted situational briefings and attended key stakeholder meetings with both Federal and state EOC’s
- Reviewed and refined daily, TMS’ internal emergency management plans and policies to enhance best practices
- Established a central dispatch office to monitor and track the 650 motor coaches and provide care and feeding for drivers & staff
- Identified potential hazards, choke-points and threats to all operations and relevant stakeholders
