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	Operator
		Operator (biology) An operator is a segment of activator.
		Operator logo An operator logo is a logo which appears on the status screen of a mobile phone.
		Self-adjoint operator On a finite dimensional conjugate transpose.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/operator.html (832 words)

	Highway Emergency Response Operators - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Highway Emergency Response Operators program is a freeway service patrol operated in metro Atlanta by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT).
		HERO's purpose is to minimize traffic congestion by clearing damaged or disabled vehicles from the roadway lanes or hard shoulder and directing traffic at any incident.
		HERO truck operators are GDOT employees, distinguishing the program from freeway service patrols in other states, such as California, which are operated under contract by private tow truck companies.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Highway_Emergency_Response_Operator (184 words)

	Response
		Dose response Dose response is the change in effect on an organism caused by differing levels of exposure to a substance...
		Flehmen response The Flehmen response is a particular type of curling of the lips in vomeronasal organ.
		Impulse response In the language of linear transformation is the image of Dirac's delta function under the transformatio...
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	Emergency
		Emergency An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to human life or serious damage to property.
		Emergency preparedness Emergency operations or Emergency preparedness is a set of doctrines to prepare civil society to...
		Emergency shelter Emergency shelters are places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous re...
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	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Much of the highway prior to 1941 had been built by the countries concerned, but wartime necessity led the United States to appropriate funds to assist completion.
		Conservators and restorers from all over the world applied emergency treatment to the treasures of painting, sculpture, and architecture that could be saved.
		In blood transfusions the immune response is the cause of severe cell agglutination or rupture...
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	Campus Emergency Response Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		This Emergency Response Plan (ERP) is designed to establish a framework for the JTCC to respond effectively and safely to an emergency.
		They are responsible for notifying persons in their immediate area to evacuate the building or move to the closest protective shelter and otherwise helping implement emergency response activities.
		When an emergency occurs or is imminent, it shall be the responsibility of Security Services to set up and staff an emergency command post at the security desk or some other location.
	www.jt.cc.va.us /manualsonlineJTCC/pp/EmergencyResponsePlan.html (3168 words)

	Ventura County Fare Integration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		A simulation study of potential integration between emergency management and arterial management systems in Northern Virginia found faster travel times for emergency vehicles could be possible with only a minimal increase (less than 3%) in travel time for non-emergency vehicles when priority is requested by an emergency vehicle.
		In addition to their patrol and emergency response functions, HERO vehicles are equipped with such items as spare gasoline, oil, and other essential automotive fluids to help stranded motorists get on their way, as well as spare medical supplies for helping paramedics respond to crashes involving injuries.
		Furthermore, a bond of obligation and responsibility was achieved because project leaders met with potential participants, understood their objectives and concerns, and designed an operations and maintenance strategy that would benefit all the project partners.
	www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov /JPODOCS/REPTS_TE/13672.html (6719 words)

	Indiana Emergency Response Coordination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		This is in response to your April 14, 1989 letter requesting written confirmation of an interpretation of SARA Title III in a telephone conversation.
		As I travel around the state informing members of the emergency response community of their work's potential liability aspects, one topic which always comes up is mutual aid agreements.
		Interstate mutual aid agreements should be part of the emergency response arsenal for agencies located on or near the state's borders.
	www.in.gov /dhs/ierc/manual/Sect5.htm (10205 words)

	Big brother is watching ... and sending help to motorists
		Behind the glass wall allowing the room's occupants to literally oversee the entire operations center is a conference table with a phone outlet in front of every seat for all of the mission-critical DOT department heads in force during emergencies.
		There are a dozen Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) trucks patrolling the metro area interstates during commute hours, and they come as far south as the Eagle's Landing/Hudson Bridge Road exit on I-75.
		The HEROs handle all types of roadway emergencies, and each of the 56 trucks in the DOT's HERO fleet is capable of righting an overturned 18-wheeler.
	www.prisonplanet.com /Pages/Jan05/080105BigBro.html (852 words)

	Training Marine Oil Spill Response Workers Under OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard
		Emergency response is "a response effort...to an occurrence which results, or is likely to result, in an uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance" (29 CFR 1910.120(a)(3)).
		Onwater containment, skimming operations, and underwater oil recovery operations also are considered to be emergency response activities because the oil is still in danger of being released into the environment.
		The difference between emergency spills and incidental releases is described in the definition of emergency response in HAZWOPER paragraph (a)(3).
	www.osha.gov /Publications/3172/3172.html (7287 words)

	Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue \| Press Releases
		The Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) program will also be expanded to include all congested freeways in Metro Atlanta with $48 million allocated over the next six years for operations and maintenance - representing $25 million in additional operating funds over the current level.
		The ITS and HERO investments should reduce peak hour delays by as much as 30%.
		Approximately $1.4 billion to accelerate expansion of HOV lanes on critical congested corridors, such as I-75 in Cobb County and GA 400 north of 285.
	www.gov.state.ga.us /press/2004/press422.shtml (1266 words)

	Indiana Emergency Response Coordination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The SERC, known as the Indiana Emergency Response Commission (IERC) in the state of Indiana, is a 13-member commission whose members are appointed by the governor.
		The functions of the LEPCs are to develop and manage the emergency response plans dealing with accidental chemical releases from facilities, and to distribute information to the general public.
		The owner or operator of a facility shall notify the SERC and appropriate LEPC that the facility is subject to notification requirements.
	www.in.gov /dhs/ierc/manual/Sect6.htm (5278 words)

	Utility Lingo Simplified (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Engineers explain it this way because they want to be precise: A plant operated to take all or part of the minimum continuous load of a system and which produces electricity at an essentially constant rate.
		Operating reserve that allows a generating facility to reduce control area error to zero within 10 minutes after the loss of generating capacity.
		Generation that an independent service operator (ISO) determines is necessary to meet the system’s reliability, satisfy demand in constrained areas, or provide voltage or security support for the ISO or a local area.
	www.aquila.com /about/overview/lingo (13065 words)

	Personal Emergency Response System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The main purpose of a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) is to allow someone who has safety or health concerns to summon assistance at the touch of a button.
		The operator will attempt to speak to you to determine the cause of your alarm, if no vocal contact is made operator will follow a preestablished protocol to send help.
		The operator will come on line to talk with you to determine whether your situation calls for 9-1-1, or a neighbor or friend.
	www.ecnv.org /faq/faq_pers.htm (422 words)

	Gwinnett Business Journal
		Another $105 million will be allocated for annual operation and maintenance costs, representing $55 million in additional operations and maintenance funds over the current funding level.
		The Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) program will be expanded to include all congested freeways in metro Atlanta with $48 million allocated during the next six years for operations and maintenance.
		Later, approximately $1.4 billion would be used to accelerate the expansion of HOV lanes on such corridors as I-75 in Cobb County and Georgia 400 north of 285.
	gbj.com /story_detail.cfm?StoryID=642 (657 words)

	henryherald.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Major parts of the package include $1.4 billion to expand HOV lanes on Interstate 75 and Ga. Highway 400 north of I-285.
		The Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) program will also get an additional funding amount of $25 million, bringing its six-year funding total to $48 million.
		HERO units respond to highway emergencies and help clear stalled cars from the highways.
	www.henryherald.com /articles/2004/04/15/news/news1.3.txt (661 words)

	TIM Committee E-mail Discussion Forum: Digest 12
		Operators monitoring roadway incidents in the Georgia DOT's Transportation Management Center relay timely and reliable information to patrolling HERO units, advising them of incident locations and attributes.
		Providing transportation officials, emergency response agencies, and the traveling public with accurate, reliable real-time information, NAVIGATOR was able to save the state more than $44.6 million in 1997.
		Montgomery County Traffic is alerted and they begin to broadcast the information on their cable TV channel, and send their airplane to the scene to use the airborne video capability to monitor the scene, diversion routes, and delays.
	www.trafficincident.org /forum/digest12.html (1629 words)

	ITS/CVO CVISN Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		In a base state agreement, the jurisdiction where operators or owners have an established place of business, where mileage is accrued by a fleet, and where operational records of a fleet are maintained or can be made available. [22]
		An on-site examination of motor carrier operations, such as drivers’ hours of service, maintenance and inspection records, driver qualifications, commercial driver’s license requirements, financial responsibility, accidents, hazardous materials, and other safety and transportation records to determine whether a motor carrier meets the safety fitness standard.
		The transportation of highway trailers or removable trailer bodies on rail cars specifically equipped for the service. It is essentially a joint carrier movement in which the motor carrier forms a pickup and delivery operation to a rail terminal, as well as a delivery operation at the terminating railhead.
	cvisn.fmcsa.dot.gov /Introcvisn/glossv20.shtml (7928 words)

	Perdue reveals $15.5 billion transportation plan - 2004-04-14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) program will also be expanded to include all congested freeways in Metro Atlanta with $48 million allocated over the next six years for operations and maintenance -- representing $25 million in additional operating funds over the current level.
		The ITS and HERO investments should reduce peak hour delays by as much as 30 percent, the governor said.
		Approximately $1.4 billion to accelerate expansion of HOV lanes on critical congested corridors, such as Interstate 75 in Cobb County and Ga. 400 north of Interstate 285.
	www.bizjournals.com /atlanta/stories/2004/04/12/daily24.html (918 words)

	Pedestrian Injuries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		CDC, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the National SAFE KIDS Campaign co-sponsored a meeting of experts to discuss barriers and potential solutions to the problem of child pedestrian injuries.
		These ranged from engineering interventions such as separating pedestrians from traffic (e.g., sidewalks) and traffic-calming measures (e.g., speed bumps, lower speed limits), to safer ways to cross the street and improved street lighting.
		CDC staff also recommended educating both drivers and passengers about the dangers of exiting a vehicle in traffic and increasing awareness of the Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) program, designed to assist stranded motorists.
	www.cdc.gov /ncipc/fact_book/19_Pedistrian.htm (760 words)

	WSBTV.com - Politics - Traffic Fix Plan Revealed
		The first changes will be more high-occupancy lanes on metro Atlanta highways and an expansion of the HERO program, the network of yellow trucks dispatched to clear accidents and stalled cars from highways.
		Perdue said traffic could be improved without building more highways, but he insisted most money should go to roads because that's how most people get around.
		Perdue also earmarked $211 million to expand and improve the fl highway signs that alert drivers to upcoming traffic problems.
	www.wsbtv.com /politics/3004702/detail.html (1011 words)

	The Weekly Online!
		Carla Holmes, GDOT’s State Traffic Operations Engineer, told the board that the six year statewide transportation program is gaining speed going into its second year.
		Included in the program are plans for the expansion of the Highway Emergency Response Operator routes, the enhancement of NaviGAtor coverage, traffic signal efficiency optimization and further ramp meters being added.
		The expansion of the HERO program will increase from 13 to 30 routes, covering approximately 286 miles during peak hours.
	www.theweekly.com /news/2005/March/18/Ga_DOT.html (552 words)

	JANUARY, 2003
		C-Comm 911 is awarded the bid for 2 new Supervisor Trucks for the Georgia D.O.T. Highway Emergency Response Operator (HERO) Unit.
		This enables the HERO to offer stranded motorists a jump start without having to raise the hood on the HERO truck.
		Wholers why he wanted a CB radio and his response was, "I think it's pretty neat to listen to; especially when I'm driving to and from spring training!"
	www.ccomm911.com /Jan2003vehicles.htm (498 words)

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		Due to time constraints, resolution to authorizing the Administration to develop a plan in incorporating the operations of the Douglass Theatre in to the functions of the City will be discussed at the next meeting.
		Approved an ordinance, to accept funding for the second year from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for the continuation of the DUI Task Force (ABC #26).
		The amendment was done to comply with a provision in the accreditation requirements for the Police Department.
	www.cityofmacon.net /CityDept/council/doc.asp?id=46 (2718 words)

	Masters 2004 presented by Augusta.com - Traffic control out in force
		Brooks and his co-worker, Ron Tumblin, fairly unpopular with motorists who want to get to Augusta National Golf Club and who want to get there now, despite the orange cones the two Georgia Department of Transportation workers are setting out, blocking the exit ramp.
		The transportation department's HERO units -- pumped-up, chartreuse trucks with drivers trained for any emergency from a flat tire to a chemical spill to an imminent birth -- are prowling I-20 and Bobby Jones Expressway.
		Brooks waits patiently in the bumper-to-bumper traffic on Washington Road, a Georgia State Patrol helicopter rises from nearby Westside High School on another aerial reconnaissance mission around the city.
	www.augusta.com /masters2004/review1999/040699/traffic_control1999.shtml (764 words)

	Smith Aquatic Safety Services: Expert Witness Testimony
		Responsible for aids to navigation-isolated station supply of Leeward Islands, Oahu to Midway.
		Responsible for personnel and operations of 14 Coast Guard units on upper Lakes Michigan and Huron.
		Held Search and Rescue responsibility for Michigan side of lakes.
	www.aquaticsafety.com /resume.html (1004 words)

	Untitled Article
		The HERO or Highway Emergency Response Operator program will get an extra $25 million; and $16 million will go to expand freeway ramp metering.
		Like other parcels of land located at Highway 34 East and Sullivan Road, when the lot World Gym sits on was zoned commercial in 1999, there was no language in the conditions that allowed for a variance.
		If there is a problem with the responsibility of the commission, "then we need to get responsible," Hunter said.
	times-herald.com /archives/news/2004/0417.html (2515 words)

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