In 2014, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation launched a multi-year initiative to build public works emergency management capacity for a jurisdiction of almost 14 million people covering 386,000 square miles. We'll discuss the building of a province-wide debris management framework, an innovative public-private public works surge capacity system, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for rapid damage assessment, and the development of multi-jurisdictional incident support systems.

Learning Objectives:

Initiate public works emergency management capacity at the local and state/province levels.
Provide examples of techniques to build stakeholder support for collaborative capacity building projects.
Determine how government organizations can work with each other and with the private sector to enhance state/province and local public works emergency management capacity.

Stephanie Maragna

SR PROGRAM ADVISOR, Ontario Ministry of Transportation

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