Public Health Emergency Preparedness
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Impact of Changing Load and Unload Time (Text Description)
The vertical axis of this chart is Total Evac Time (hrs) with 0 to 100 in 20 hour increments. The horizontal axis is % increase in ALS Load and Unload Time with 0% to 100% in 25% increments. The baseline evacuation time is 53.8 hours. A 25 % increase in load and unload time increases the total evacuation time to 61.1 hours. A 50% increase in load and unload time increases the total evacuation time to 68.4 hours. A 75 % increase in load and unload time increases the total evacuation time to 75.7 hours and a 100% increase brings the total evacuation time to 83.1 hours.
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