Evacuation Sector MP 201.05E

Question 1

What is the key to an organized evacuation?

Answer 1

Develop an ICS early, initiate/update a plan.

Question 2

What are the 3 levels of evacuation?

Answer 2

Site Evac: small # of people, evac of less than an hour or two
Intermediate evac: larger area, less than 100 people, coordinate with PD
Large Scale evac: out of homes for many hours or days

Question 3

Who is responsible for developing an evacuation plan?

Answer 3

Planning Sector, along with PD.

Question 4

Who should be evacuated?

Answer 4

Residents living/working in the area.

Question 5

What happens when a resident refuses to leave?

Answer 5

Inform of risk. If they still won’t leave, notify Evacuation Branch with the citizens address for follow-up.

Question 6

For On-Site Notification to Evacuate (notifying a large residential street or area), what is best method?

Answer 6

Use of Sirens, PA system, and air horns will speed alert process.

Question 7

Where immediate evac makes door to door impossible, what can be done?

Answer 7

• use (3) 5 second siren blasts on yelp setting

- start siren blasts at start of each block, every 50 yards