ITS Element: Region II Fusion Center

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Description: Operated and maintained by the Cleveland Police Department, the Regional Fusion Center collects information and intelligence, analyze the information for homeland security threats and pushes their analysis and information out to the municipalities.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: City of Cleveland
Mapping: Emergency Management
Other Emergency Management

Interfaces:

Buckeye Traffic
County EOCs
Cuyahoga County EOC
ODOT 511 Information System
Ohio State Highway Patrol Posts
Private Traveler Information Systems
TV and Radio Stations
Market Packages: EM01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - County EOCs
EM01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - Cuyahoga County EOC
EM01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - Ohio State Highway Patrol
EM10 - Disaster Traveler Information - EOCs
Functional Requirements:

Emergency Response Management

  • The center shall develop, coordinate with other agencies, and store emergency response plans.

Center Secure Area Surveillance

  • The center shall exchange surveillance data with other emergency centers.
  • The center shall exchange traveler images with other emergency management centers to support traveler image matching.
  • The center shall identify potential security threats based on collected security surveillance data.
  • The center shall match traveler video images against a database from the Alerting and Advisory Systems of known images that may represent criminals and terrorists.
  • The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices on-board transit vehicles.
  • The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected in secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit rail
  • The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-o
  • The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected on-board transit vehicles. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
  • The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding security surveillance data collection, processing, threat detection, and image matching.
  • The center shall verify potential security threats by correlating security surveillance data from multiple sources.

Emergency Evacuation Support

  • The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
  • The center shall provide an interface to the emergency system operator to enter evacuation plans and procedures and present the operator with other agencies’ plans.
  • 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.

Center Secure Area Sensor Management

  • The center shall disseminate threat information to other agencies, including traffic, transit, maintenance, rail operations, and other emergency management centers.
  • The center shall exchange security sensor data with other emergency centers.
  • The center shall exchange threat analysis data with Alerting and Advisory Systems and use that data in local threat analysis processing.
  • The center shall identify potential security threats based on collected security sensor data.
  • The center shall perform threat analysis based on correlations of security sensor and surveillance data.
  • The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding security sensor data collection, processing, threat detection, and threat analysis.
  • The center shall verify potential security threats by correlating security sensor data from multiple sources.

Last updated: 03-17-10