Chester County Transit Security Training Facility

This amendment supports the continuing efforts of Chester County Economic Development Council (Council), in cooperation with the Chester County Transit Security Training Facility to develop an effective and coordinated response to emergencies and environmental hazards through the use of advanced command and control technologies. A series of eight different transit security training programs will be developed. These training programs will prepare Chester County's emergency responders to better handle transit security problems, such as bus incidents, aircraft crashes, public transportation terrorism, hazardous environments, railroad tank car incidents, and proper traffic control techniques.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $124000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  PA-26-7014.01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Chambers, Irving

• Performing Organizations:

  Chester County Economic Development Council

  737 Constitution Drive
  Exton, PA  United States  19341
• Principal Investigators:

  Myers McCarthy, Leslie

• Start Date: 20050900
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20061200
• Source Data: RiP Project 11899

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Bus crashes; Crashes; Emergency response time; Hazards and emergency operations; Research projects; Security; Tank cars; Terrorism; Traffic control; Training programs; Transit safety
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Education and Training; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458436
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Contract Numbers: PA-26-7014.01
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:42PM