Oklahoma City bombing

==Evacuation issues==
Several agencies, including the [[Federal Highway Administration]] and the [[Oklahoma City|City of Oklahoma City]], have evaluated the emergency response actions to the bombing and have proposed plans for a better response in addition to addressing issues that hindered a smooth rescue effort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/pedevac/1_introduction.htm|title=Managing Pedestrians During Evacuation of Metropolitan Areas – Introduction|work=dot.gov|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616035611/http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/pedevac/1_introduction.htm|archive-date=June 16, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of the crowded streets and the number of response agencies sent to the location, communication between government branches and rescue workers was muddled. Groups were unaware of the operations others were conducting, thus creating strife and delays in the search and rescue process. The City of Oklahoma City, in their After Action Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.gov/OEM/documents/Bombing%20After%20Action%20Report.pdf|title=The Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management – After Action Report – Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Bombing – 19 April 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|access-date=June 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121223730/http://www.ok.gov/OEM/documents/Bombing%20After%20Action%20Report.pdf|archive-date=January 21, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> declared that better communication and single bases for agencies would better the aid of those in disastrous situations.

After the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, with consideration of other events, including the Oklahoma City bombing, the Federal Highway Administration proposed that major metropolitan areas create evacuation routes for civilians. These highlighted routes would allow paths for emergency crews and government agencies to enter disaster areas more quickly. By helping civilians get out and rescue workers get in, casualties would hopefully be decreased.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=2.2.4|title=Lessons We Don't Learn: A Study of the Lessons of Disasters, Why We Repeat Them, and How We Can Learn Them|work=hsaj.org|date=July 2006|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924171804/http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=2.2.4|archive-date=September 24, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref>