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AOT consolidates hazmat, safety and emergency management and tests new disaster assessment tool
Summary
Chris Herrick of the Agency of Transportation told the House Transportation committee the agency has merged hazardous materials into its safety and emergency management group, is working with FEMA on multiple open disaster declarations and is beta-testing an iPad-based preliminary damage assessment tool to speed recovery and reimbursement.
Chris Herrick, director of emergency management and safety at the Agency of Transportation, told the House Transportation Committee that the agency has consolidated hazardous materials, safety and emergency management into a single unit and is focusing on faster, more accurate disaster assessment and recovery.
Herrick said the combined unit has about 50 employees and that the safety program’s mission is “to make sure that all 1,273 employees of the Agency of Transportation do their work safely.” He told the committee the team handles a wide range of tasks from site inspections to OSHA compliance…
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