ITS Element: CAPWIN System

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Description: The CAPWIN System provides a data communications center and a set of web services to support public safety applications in Maryland, Virginia, and the District.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: CAPWIN
Mapping: Emergency Management
Other Emergency Management

Interfaces:

 DDOT TMC
FEMS Fire-EMS Dispatch
HSEMA Center
I-95 CC Information Exchange Network
Local Police/Sheriff Dispatch
Local Traffic Control Centers
MDSHA CHART Centers
MPD Police Dispatch
VDOT NRO MPSTOC
Market Packages: EM01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - Regional Emergency Coordination System
MC04 - Weather Information Processing and Distribution - DDOT
Functional Requirements:

Emergency Call-Taking

  • The center shall receive emergency notification information from other public safety agencies and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
  • The center shall coordinate, correlate, and verify all emergency inputs, including those identified based on external calls and internal analysis of security sensor and surveillance data, and assign each a level of confidence.
  • The center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.

Emergency Response Management

  • The center shall provide the capability to implement response plans and track progress through the incident by exchanging incident information and response status with allied agencies.

Last updated: 06-10-11