AMPA Regional ITS Architecture Update

Operational Concepts: Municipal Public Safety


The following are the roles and responsibilities, by functional area or by project, for Municipal Public Safety.

Functional Area or Project Roles and Responsibilities Status

Emergency Management

Responding to transit emergencies/alarms on-board transit vehicles or at regional transit facilities. Planned
Receive Amber Alert and other Wide Area Alert information from state police. Planned
Provide evacuation, incident, and transportation system status information to regional public information systems. Planned
Aide in the coordination of region wide emergency plans, evacuation and reentry plans, and disaster management plans. Planned
Responding to transit emergencies/alarms on-board transit vehicles or at regional transit facilities. Planned
Receive early warning information and threat information from the statewide EOC and/or the department of homeland security. Planned
Operate the Municipal EOCs. Planned
Receive Wide Area Alert information from the Statewide EOC and the Regional EOCs. Planned
Receive Amber Alert and other Wide Area Alert information from state police. Planned
Coordinate with regional hospitals for care facility status. Planned
Perform incident detection and verification for streets within each municipality within the Region. Planned
Receive local signal preemption from the municipalities within the Region. Planned
Participates in the incident response, coordination, and reporting of the Regional Communications Network in a coordination effort only (no dispatch function). Planned

Incident Management - Emergency

Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incident with the municipality. Planned
Coordinate with ambulance services in response to incidents within the City. Planned
Coordinate an incident response with regional rail operations for incidents involving rail. Planned
Perform incident detection and verification for the streets within the municipalities, and provide this information to the municipality TOCs. Planned
Dispatch the municipality's fire and EMS vehicles and coordinate with the municipality's police department (as well as coordinate with all other public safety agencies within the region) for incidents. Planned
Coordinate public safety resources for incident response with the municipality's TOC. Planned
Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incident with the municipality. Planned
Coordinate an incident response with regional rail operations for incidents involving rail. Planned
Perform incident detection and verification for the streets within the municipalities, and provide this information to the municipality TOCs. Planned
Dispatch the municipality's police vehicles and coordinate with the municipality's fire departments (as well as coordinate with all other public safety agencies within the region) for incidents. Planned
Coordinate public safety resources for incident response with the municipality's TOC. Planned
Receive emergency calls for incidents within the municipalities. Planned