New York Sub-Regional ITS Architecture

Functional Requirements: Incident Command


Description: The equipment package provides tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for Incident Commands that are established by first responders at or near the incident scene to support local management of an incident. The equipment package supports communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers, tracks and maintains resource information, action plans, and the incident command organization itself. Information is shared with agency centers including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, traffic, road, and weather conditions, evacuation advice, and other information that enables emergency or maintenance personnel in the field to implement an effective, safe incident response. This equipment package supports the functions and interfaces commonly supported by a mobile command center.
Functional Requirements:
  1. 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.
  2. The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.
  3. The center shall track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
  4. The center shall share incident command information with other public safety agencies including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, rail incident information, evacuation advice as well as traffic, road, and weather conditions.
  5. The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
Included In: FDNY Fire/EMS Dispatch
MTA Bridges/Tunnels Facility Operations Centers
MTA Bridges/Tunnels OCCC
MTA LIRR Operations Center Systems
MTA Metro-North Operations Center Systems
MTA NYCT Bus Command Center - Operations
MTA NYCT Subway Rail Control Center
MTA Police Dispatch / Command Center
Municipal/County EOCs
Municipal/County Public Safety Dispatch
New York City Joint TMC
NYC DEP Dispatch Center
NYC DOT Division of Ferry Operations Systems
NYC DOT Office of Emergency Response
NYC OEM Watch Command Center
NYPD 911 Communications Center Dispatch
NYPD Intelligence Division and Counter-Terrorism Bureau
NYS Police Dispatch
PANYNJ PATH Operations Center
PANYNJ TBT Communications Desk
Port Authority Wide TMC
State EOCs