Farmington ITS Architecture Update

Interfaces:

Emergency Call-Taking

• The center shall support the interface to the Emergency Telecommunications System (e.g. 911 or 7-digit call routing) to receive emergency notification information and provide it to the emergency system operator.
• The center shall receive emergency call information from 911 services and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
• 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 receive emergency notification information from public transit systems and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
• The center shall send a request for remote control of CCTV systems from a traffic management center in order to verify the reported incident.

Emergency Dispatch

• The center shall dispatch emergency vehicles to respond to verified emergencies under center personnel control.
• The center shall store the current status of all emergency vehicles available for dispatch and those that have been dispatched.
• The center shall relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.
• The center shall receive images from vehicle mounted cameras.

Emergency Response Management

• The center shall provide strategic emergency response capabilities provided by an Emergency Operations Center for large-scale incidents and disasters.

Emergency Routing

• The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation.
• The center shall receive information on the location and status of traffic control equipment and work zones along potential emergency routes.
• The center shall track current emergency vehicle location and status.
• The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on the collected traffic and road conditions information.

Incident Command

• The center shall provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
• The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.

Emergency Evacuation Support

• The center shall manage inter-agency coordination of evacuation operations, from initial planning through the evacuation process and reentry.
• The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
• The center shall request traffic management agencies to implement special traffic control strategies and to control evacuation traffic, including traffic on local streets and arterials as well as the major evacuation routes.
• The center shall provide traveler information systems with evacuation guidance including basic information to assist potential evacuees in determining whether evacuation is necessary and when it is safe to return.

Emergency Early Warning System

• The center shall monitor information from Alerting and Advisory Systems such as the Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs), the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), etc. The information may include assessments (general incident and vulnerability awareness information), advisories (identification of threats or recommendations to increase preparedness levels), or alerts (information on imminent or in-progress emergencies).
• The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traffic management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
• The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to transit management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
• The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traveler information service providers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.

Emergency Commercial Vehicle Response

• The center shall receive emergency notification information from commercial vehicles, commercial vehicle check stations, or commercial fleet operators and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator. This may include detection of non-permitted transport of security sensitive hazmat, hazardous cargo spills, etc.