Las Cruces Regional ITS Architecture Update

Interfaces:

Emergency Call-Taking

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 track the location and status of emergency vehicles responding to an emergency based on information from the emergency vehicle.
• The center shall coordinate response to incidents with other Emergency Management centers to ensure appropriate resources are dispatched and utilized.

Emergency Response Management

• The center shall develop, coordinate with other agencies, and store emergency response plans.
• The center shall allocate the appropriate emergency services, resources, and vehicle (s) to respond to incidents, and shall provide the capability to override the current allocation to suit the special needs of a current incident.

Emergency Data Collection

• The center shall collect emergency service data, emergency vehicle management data, emergency vehicle data, sensor and surveillance data, threat data, and incident data.
• The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the emergency management data or for the data itself.

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 receive asset restriction information to support the dispatching of appropriate emergency resources.
• The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on the collected traffic and road conditions information.