ODOT Service Patrols
Description
Purchase and operate one freeway service patrol vehicle.
Status
Planned
Timeframe
Medium
Geographic Scope
Emergency Management.
Service Scope
Costs - $257,500; Operational & Maintenance Costs (per year) $87,500.
Stakeholders
Inventory
ODOT District 4 Maintenance Garages
ODOT Freeway Service Patrol Vehicles
ODOT Regional Traffic Operations Center
Services
EM04-1 - Roadway Service Patrols - ODOT Freeway Service Patrol
Functional Areas
- The emergency vehicle shall provide the personnel on-board with dispatch information, including incident type and location, and forward an acknowledgment from personnel to the center that the vehicle is on its way to the incident scene.
- The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall track its current location.
- The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall send the vehicle's location and operational data to the center for emergency management and dispatch.
- The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall receive incident details and a suggested route when dispatched to a scene.
- The emergency vehicle shall send the current en route status (including estimated time of arrival) and requests for emergency dispatch updates.
On-board EV Incident Management Communication
- The emergency vehicle shall receive dispatch instructions sufficient to enable emergency personnel in the field to implement an effective incident response. It includes local traffic, road, and weather conditions, hazardous material information, and the current status of resources that have been allocated to an incident.
- The emergency vehicle shall provide an interface to the center for emergency personnel to transmit information about the incident site such as the extent of injuries, identification of vehicles and people involved, hazardous material, etc.
- The emergency vehicle shall provide an interface to the center for emergency personnel to transmit information about the current incident response status such as the identification of the resources on site, site management strategies in effect, and current clearance status.
- The center shall dispatch roadway service patrol vehicles to identified incident locations.
- The center shall store the current status of all service patrol vehicles available for dispatch and those that have been dispatched.
- The center shall share incident information collected by the service patrol with traffic, maintenance and construction, and traveler information centers for incident management, incident notification to travelers, and incident cleanup.
- The center shall track the location and status of service patrol vehicles.
Interfaces
Standards
SDO | Document ID | Title | Type |
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Operational Concepts
Stakeholder | Roles and Responsibilities |
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ODOT | |
Operate Freeway Service Vehicles (future) |