Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations, and Business Continuity 

Welcome to AMR20: Committee on Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations, and Business Continuity of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies. This is a committee of TRB’s Section on Transportation System Resilience (AMR00). Its scope is: 

This committee addresses issues related to managing and executing transportation, mobility, and logistical efforts associated with the preparation for, response to, and recovery from human-made and natural emergencies and disasters. Specific topics include emergency evacuations, the supply chains associated with disaster response, longer-term business and community continuity, and humanitarian relief. Each topic is considered in terms of technical, operational, and human dimensions and policies using analytical methods, innovative techniques, and decision-making processes to plan for, respond to and recover from emergency events.