The development of a transit industry standard for emergency preparedness drills and exercises has been determined to be a critical effort within the overall APTA Security Standards development program. It is vitally important to establish formal procedures to operationally address critical events, but the effectiveness of those procedures can only be determined by drills and exercises or through real-life situations. Fortunately, over recent years, there have been many valuable resources guidance documents that have been developed on this subject and these resources will be an important resource to the Working Group on Emergency Preparedness Drills and Exercises.
Chair: John Hogan, MBTA