Emergency Preparedness in the Washington Metropolitan Area: Oversight Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on the Status of Emergency Preparedness in the Washington Metropolitan Area, and Suggestions to Improve this Region's Coordination in Times of Emergencies, February 2, and May 5, 1982 |
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... Metropolitan Affairs. Arlington County , Va . , miscellaneous material for the record including memo- Page randum of understanding with ... Transit Police Personnel , October 1980 . 571 Metro Transit Police ... METROPOLITAN AREA FEBRUARY IV.
... Metropolitan Affairs. Arlington County , Va . , miscellaneous material for the record including memo- Page randum of understanding with ... Transit Police Personnel , October 1980 . 571 Metro Transit Police ... METROPOLITAN AREA FEBRUARY IV.
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... Transportation Safety Board , the American Public Transit Au- thority , the D.C. government , the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , the Council of Governments , and others , that this comittee seek answers to certain ...
... Transportation Safety Board , the American Public Transit Au- thority , the D.C. government , the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , the Council of Governments , and others , that this comittee seek answers to certain ...
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... Metro Central Control and was unable to notify Metro about the accident . A plain - clothes Metro Transit police officer , who was assigned to the bus system , happened to be on the same car . He had in his pos- session a hand - held ...
... Metro Central Control and was unable to notify Metro about the accident . A plain - clothes Metro Transit police officer , who was assigned to the bus system , happened to be on the same car . He had in his pos- session a hand - held ...
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... Metropolitan Affairs. these people were congressional staff people . Also ... public announcements by the operator to the pas- sengers - this is because once power ... Transit police officers identified themselves as Metro officials when ...
... Metropolitan Affairs. these people were congressional staff people . Also ... public announcements by the operator to the pas- sengers - this is because once power ... Transit police officers identified themselves as Metro officials when ...
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... Metropolitan Affairs. In conclusion , Mr. Chairman , I would like to point out that the Safety Board has had a long - term interest in rail rapid transit safety . In July 1980 , the Safety Board convened a public hearing on rail rapid ...
... Metropolitan Affairs. In conclusion , Mr. Chairman , I would like to point out that the Safety Board has had a long - term interest in rail rapid transit safety . In July 1980 , the Safety Board convened a public hearing on rail rapid ...
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