Sentences with phrase «of emergency transportation»

This coverage helps ease the cost of emergency transportation to the nearest medical facility, often by helicopter or ambulance.

While at RSPA / PHMSA, she also served as the Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency Transportation.

The Office of Emergency Transportation merged with the Office of Intelligence and Security in 2003.

Not exact matches

The National Transportation Safety Board is looking for photos and videos of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing after an engine exploded on Tuesday.

Startups are finding innovative ways to bring food, shelter, and transportation to victims of the hurricanes, wildfires, and tornados that ravaged parts of the U.S. last year, as well as improve safety for those caught in other types of disasters and emergency situations.

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 - The federal government will cover 100 percent of emergency power and public transportation costs through Nov. 9 for the areas of New York and New Jersey that were hit hard by superstorm Sandy, according to the U.S. senators of the two states.

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 - The federal government will cover 100 percent of emergency power and public transportation costs through Nov. 9 for the areas of New York and New Jersey that were hit hard by superstorm Sandy, officials said on Thursday.

Tucker recommends having enough cash to cover three to six months of living expenses in an emergency fund, which includes rent or mortgage payments (including property taxes and insurance), utility bills, transportation costs and food.

Through relief flights, the transportation of emergency supplies, airline employee volunteer efforts and fundraising programs facilitated through airline mileage programs, U.S. cargo and passenger carriers transported more than 4.5 million pounds of life - saving food, water and supplies, accommodated more than 6,500 evacuees, relocated hundreds of stranded pets and relaxed travel policies to more than 80 airports in the path of the hurricanes.

Clean Harbors vast equipment, expertise and locations throughout North America enable us to provide a variety of environmental and emergency services for the Transportation industry.

Among those that will likely seek billions of dollars in emergency temporary funding is the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Education, as well as the US military.

Utilizing our vast expertise, manpower and scope of services, Clean Harbors provides comprehensive chemical packing, transportation and disposal for routine or emergency needs.

It is also important for women thinking about a planned home birth to consider if they are healthy and considered low - risk and to work with a CNM, certified midwife, or physician who practices in an integrated and regulated health system; have ready access to consultation; and have a plan for safe and quick transportation to a nearby hospital in the event of an emergency.

The researchers emphasise that their findings may only apply to regions where midwives are well trained to assist women at home births and where facilities for transfer of care and transportation in case of emergencies are adequate.

All of the above means that usually the relief help accepted is limited; usually specialist units (medics, rescue personnel, air transportation), emergency supplies and perhaps stablishing logistic bases.

At the Governor's direction, the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, State Police, the Department of Transportation and the Thruway Authority have already begun to plan accordingly for weather conditions.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the state Department of Transportation has upgraded its 511 New York system, including a new free mobile device application that provides New Yorkers with up - to - the - minute information regarding traffic, transit and emergency service notifications as well as weather advisories.

«I request that the federal government treat this as an emergency situation and provide funding for the short - term Penn construction and transportation alternatives and facilitation of a long - term resolution for Penn Station,» Cuomo wrote in a letter to Trump that the governor's office released in an email.

Cuomo said the State Department of Transportation will send 200 emergency vehicles to the city, and 600 National Guard Members will be available to assist emergency efforts as well.

Governor Cuomo last month did issue an executive order to do a review of the transportation of and emergency response to Bakken crude oil.

Thursday At the City Council on Thursday, the following committees will hold preliminary budget hearings: — Transportation at 9:30 a.m., regarding the MTA — Fire and Emergency Management at noon, regarding Fire / Emergency Medical Service and the Office of Emergency Management — For - Hire Vehicles at 1:30 p.m., regarding the Taxi and Limousine Commission — Transportation and the Capital Budget at 3 p.m., regarding the DOT expense and capital budgets

A state Department of Transportation spokesman contended the signs helped boost tourism, but didn't address directly DeFrancisco's complaints about the use of emergency funds.

Under Rose's bill, the city's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will develop and implement a plan to make the transportation network work as best it can during times of crisis.

MTA board member Veronica Vanterpool, who also works as executive director of the nonprofit Tri-State Transportation Campaign, said that rather than picking a fight with its fellow transportation provider, the MTA and Cuomo should advocate on Amtrak's behalf, including by pushing for emergency financial assistance from the federal government for the summer repairs at Penn, which Amtrak has said will cost between $ 30 million andTransportation Campaign, said that rather than picking a fight with its fellow transportation provider, the MTA and Cuomo should advocate on Amtrak's behalf, including by pushing for emergency financial assistance from the federal government for the summer repairs at Penn, which Amtrak has said will cost between $ 30 million andtransportation provider, the MTA and Cuomo should advocate on Amtrak's behalf, including by pushing for emergency financial assistance from the federal government for the summer repairs at Penn, which Amtrak has said will cost between $ 30 million and $ 40 million.

It's not just that he forced the mayor to cough up $ 2.7 billion more for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority capital plan and then saddled the city with half the cost of the $ 436 million emergency effort to fix problems created by his own neglect of the MTA.

«I request that the federal government treat this as an emergency situation and provide funding for the short - term Penn construction and transportation alternatives and facilitation of a long - term resolution for Penn Station,» Cuomo wrote in the letter.

Co-chair — Darrel Aubertine, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Markets Co-chair — Matthew Driscoll, President and CEO, Environmental Facilities Corporation Joan McDonald — Commissioner, Department of Transportation General Pat Murphy — Adjutant General, Division of Military and Naval Affairs Andrew Feeney — Director, State Emergency Management Office Joseph D'Amico — Superintendent, State Police Joseph Martens — Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation Ben Lawsky — Superintendent, Department of Financial Services Garry Brown — Chairman, Public Service Commission RoAnn Destito — Commissioner, Office of General Services Brian Stratton — Director, Canal Corporation Kenneth Adams — President and CEO, Empire State Development Corporation

And Department of Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald said the state initiated its emergency contracting procedure to help move along needed repairs to roads and bridges that had been washed away by the storm.

He also announced plans to buy salad bars for seven Staten Island school cafeterias, funding for a mobile command vehicle for the Sanitation Department during snowstorms and emergencies, and the Department of Transportation's plan to replace many of the boroughs lights with LEDs.

The Emergency Management, Fire, Police, Sanitation, and Transportation Commissioners will be taking all appropriate and necessary steps to preserve public safety and to render all required and available assistance to protect the security, well - being and health of the residents of the City.

According to the USA Today Network, the money for the signs came from emergency transportation funds, usually meant for emergency repairs to highways and bridges, and that contractors who worked on the signs were paid overtime in order to get them in place before the July 4 holiday in the summer of 2016.

«Amtrak's emergency repairs at Penn Station will have a ripple effect across the entire transportation system,» said Cuomo, who coined the catch phrase Summer of Hell.

Rep. Kathleen Rice, the ranking Democratic member of a House subcommittee on transportation security chaired by Republican Rep. John Katko, is urging the congressman to hold a hearing on emergency response plans at U.S. airports.

WAMC's Jim Levulis speaks with Ken Lovett of the New York Daily News about the end of a special legislative session in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo declaring a state of emergency in regards to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the expansion of ride - hailing services in upstate New York and Long Island.

This winter, swings in temperature took a toll on many roads in Erie County creating potholes and safety concerns for drivers, especially school bus drivers and emergency responders who are responsible for the safe transportation of students and patients.

Last month Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, underscoring a problem that New York subway riders understand all too well: The M.T.A. relies heavily on emergency repairs because it does not conduct sufficient preventive upkeep.

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He was in Buffalo speaking to a room filled with transportation and emergency response officials, who are already looking ahead to the arrival of winter storms.

A New York Democrat is urging U.S. Rep. John Katko, as chairman of a House subcommittee on transportation security, to hold a hearing on emergency response plans at U.S. airports.

Researchers with the Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Airline Cabin Environment Research are testing a system that uses mathematical models and sensors designed to pinpoint problem passengers down to their seat number and alert flight and ground crews of an emergency.

In what the researchers believe is the first effort of its kind to do that evaluation for ambulance versus private vehicle transportation, they elected to analyze the relationship between transport mode and in - hospital mortality (death in the emergency department and prior to discharge) on a city - by - city, trauma system level.

In Oklahoma, a depleted supply of propane due to extreme weather led Governor Mary Fallin to declare a state of emergency, waiving licensing requirements for out - of - state transportation companies to allow them to bring in propane.

That decision will be influenced by several factors, including the threat of fires; poor air quality; smoke and fire damage to school facilities; transportation challenges; staffing shortages; power outages; and use of schools as emergency shelters for fire victims.

At least one point of contact at the railroad (including name, title, phone number, and address) for the state and tribal emergency response commissions, and relevant emergency responders related to the railroad's transportation of affected trains.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), today announced it is issuing an emergency order to ban all Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone devices from air transportation in the Transportation (DOT), with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), today announced it is issuing an emergency order to ban all Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone devices from air transportation in the transportation in the United States.

The rule also would codify the requirement that railroads share information about all HHFT operations with state and tribal emergency response commissions to improve community preparedness, in accordance with the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST Act).

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about U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $ 2 Million for Emergency Repairs to Roads and Bridges in Louisiana

WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $ 750,000 in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help the Michigan Department of Transportation cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by rainfall in the Detroit metro area.

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