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Mass
Transit Accidents
(airplanes, boats, trains,
trucks and automobiles)
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The City of Hollywood
has a complex mass transit system. Residents and visitors can
travel through Hollywood via air, boat, train, truck, automobile,
motorcycle and bicycle. The City covers a large area from the
beach west to University Drive in some areas, and from Pembroke
Road north to I-595 through Port 95. Hollywood has hundreds
of miles of city streets, numerous bridges including several draw
bridges, miles of canals and waterways, and two rail systems that
run throughout the City from north to south. The Amtrak/Tri-rail
system that runs along the west side of I-95 also includes two
rail stations at Sheridan Street and Hollywood Boulevard. |
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These same transportation corridors provide daily
travel in and around Hollywood for our residents and
visitors. During emergency operations these travel
ways must also be available to mobilize, deploy and
transport people, materials, goods and services to and
from a potentially disaster impacted area of the city.
It is therefore imperative (when necessary) that the
City implement plans that will address transportation
of debris to clear roadways, navigable waterways and
other transportation passages. |
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Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, train
stations, major route-connecting bus stops and the
Hollywood Marina facilities also collectively
accommodate millions of travelers each year. Daily
travel throughout this type of urban area environment
can (statistically) increase the probability for
accidents to occur. |
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The City is prepared to respond to any potential mass
transit accident with its own resources and should a
catastrophic event occur, other county, state, federal
and/or private assets will provide the additional aid
that is needed. Extensive planning, training,
cooperation and assistance from other political
districts, public safety and emergency management
organizations, including mutual aid agreements with
other jurisdictions, and hospitals that are equipped
to manage and handle mass casualties, is what is
required to achieve this level of preparedness.
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