Equipment Package: Emergency Environmental Monitoring

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Description: This equipment package collects current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator and used to more effectively manage incidents.
Included In: Local EOC
Local Fire/EMS Dispatch
Local Police/Sheriff Dispatch
New York State Emergency Coordination Center (SECC)
NYS Police Dispatch
NYSDOT Integrated Incident Management System (IIMS)
NYSDOT Regional Traffic Operations Center (RTOC)
TRANSCOM RA Servers
Functional Requirements 1 - The center shall collect current and forecast road and weather information from weather service providers (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services).
2 - The center shall collect current road and weather information from roadway maintenance operations.
3 - The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information to support incident management.
4 - The center shall present the current and forecast road and weather information to the emergency system operator.

Last updated: 12-31-08