TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - A four-point plan for fighting snow
JO  - APWA reporter
A1  - Flaherty, G.
SP  - 14
EP  - 15
VL  - 58
IS  - 5
N2  - Article describes Portland, Maine's plan for dealing with snowstorms. There are four areas of emergency management: (1) mitigation, (2) preparedness, (3) response, and (4) recovery. Discusses various means of controlling snow and ice coverage such as liquid calcium and Verglimit, a substance that prevents bonding of ice to a road surface. Portland also updates its winter storm operations plan and public announcements and brochure; and puts equipment operators and winter staff through a "dry run" before storms occur. Response activities include equipment checking, preparing dispatch staff, pre-salting and sanding of critical intersections, and flash operation of critical signals. Recovery, after the snow has ended, continues until all systems return to normal or are improved. A storm/incident critique is then conducted from data gathered during the severe weather response.<p /> 
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SN  - 0092-4873
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -