ITS Element: Bureau of Indian Affairs Dispatch

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Description: Dispatch function for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The BIA provides emergency services for pueblos that do not have their own police forces.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: Bureau of Indian Affairs
Mapping: Emergency Management
Other Emergency Management

Interfaces:

Regional Emergency Communications Center (RECC)
State Police District 1 Dispatch
Market Packages: EM01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - State Police
EM01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - RECC
Functional Requirements:

Emergency Call-Taking

  • The center shall receive emergency notification information from other public safety agencies and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
  • The center shall coordinate, correlate, and verify all emergency inputs, including those identified based on external calls and internal analysis of security sensor and surveillance data, and assign each a level of confidence.
  • The center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.
  • The center shall update the incident information log once the emergency system operator has verified the incident.
  • The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the emergency information presented to the emergency system operator.

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 store and maintain the emergency service responses in an action log.
  • The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.
  • The center shall coordinate response to incidents with other Emergency Management centers to ensure appropriate resources are dispatched and utilized.

Last updated: 12-29-11