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Emergency Environmental Monitoring Equipment Package

Architecture Geographic Scope

Description:

This equipment package assimilates current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources, including both weather service providers and vehicle probes. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator. This information can be used to more effectively manage incidents.

 

Included in:

Childress City Public Safety Dispatch
Childress Regional Incident and Mutual Aid Network
Childress Regional Medical Center
County EOC
DPS Communications Service
Municipal/County Public Safety Dispatch
State EOC
Texas Forest Service Mobile Command Center
Texas Forest Service Operations Center

Processes:

5.1.4Manage Emergency Response
5.3.6Maintain Vehicle Status
  

User Service Requirements (fully or partially addressed):

4.5HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENT RESPONSE
4.5.0ITS shall include a Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Incident Response (HIR) service.
4.5.2HIR shall provide an Operation Focal Point (OFP) for initiating appropriate responses.
4.5.2.1OFP shall be capable of being implemented as either a centralized dispatch or several de-centralized dispatch units or vehicles.
4.5.2.2OFP shall provide the capability for existing dispatch centers to receive the calls, determine response requirements, and route distress calls to predesignated responding agencies.
4.5.2.3OFP shall provide the capability for operators to coordinate with other agencies and response services to include, but not be limited to, the following:
4.5.2.3(a)State and/or local transportation officials.
4.5.2.3(b)Police departments.
4.5.2.3(c)Highway patrol.
4.5.2.3(e)Emergency medical services.
4.5.2.3(f)Environmental protection agencies.
4.5.2.3(g)HAZMAT teams.
4.5.2.3(h)Towing and other "courtesy" services.
4.5.3HIR shall include a Communications (COMM) function.
4.5.3.3COMM shall provide the capability for data to be sent from any location covering all areas of the contiguous United States.
4.5.3.4COMM shall provide the capability for linkages/interfaces with various existing networks.
5.0EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
5.2EMERGENCY VEHICLE MANAGEMENT
5.2.1EVM Service shall include an Emergency Vehicle Fleet Management System.
5.2.1.1Emergency Vehicle Fleet Management System shall maintain the availability status of relevant emergency vehicles.
5.2.1.2Emergency Vehicle Fleet Management System shall determine the emergency response vehicles best suited to respond to an incident.
5.2.1.3Emergency Vehicle Fleet Management System shall dispatch the appropriate emergency response vehicle (s) to the incident.
5.2.2EVM Service shall include a Route Guidance System.
5.2.2.1Route Guidance System shall maintain real-time information on traffic conditions in urban and rural areas, emergency response vehicle locations, and emergency response vehicle destinations.
5.2.3EVM Service shall include a Signal Priority System.
5.2.3.1Signal Priority System shall maintain real-time information on signal timing, emergency vehicle locations and emergency vehicle routing.
8.0MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
8.1MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS
8.1.1Maintenance and Construction Operations shall provide a Maintenance Vehicle Fleet Management (MVFM) function to schedule and dispatch, monitor and track location, and monitor operational condition and maintenance requirements of public and contracted fleets of maintenance, construction, and specialized service vehicles. This function includes interactions among Traffic Managers, Supervisors, Dispatchers, Field Crews, Construction Crews, Vehicle Maintenance Crews, Equipment Maintenance Crews, Weather Services Organizations, and Information Service Providers.
8.1.1.1MVFM shall be capable of monitoring and tracking the locations of public and contracted fleets of maintenance, construction, and specialized service vehicles to provide current location and status information.
8.1.1.1.1MVFM shall be capable of monitoring and tracking the locations of fleets of maintenance, construction, and specialized service vehicles, including but not limited to:
8.1.1.1.1(e)Roadway service patrols
8.1.1.6MVFM shall be capable of providing dispatchers and operators of maintenance, construction, and specialized service vehicles with information regarding potential and actual roadway problems.
8.1.1.6.1MVFM shall provide information to dispatchers and vehicle operators, including but not limited to:
8.1.1.6.1(b)Incidents
8.1.4Maintenance and Construction Operations shall provide a Roadway Maintenance Conditions and Work Plan Dissemination (RMCWPD) function to provide Intra- and Inter-agency coordination of work plans. This function includes interactions among Traffic Managers, Supervisors, Planning Agencies, Public Safety Organizations, and Information Service Providers.
8.1.4.1RMCWPD shall coordinate information on planned maintenance and construction activities, including work zone information, and unplanned remediation activities, such as inclement weather responses, so that routing, scheduling, and resource allocation can be accomplished.
8.1.4.2RMCWP shall support inter-agency coordination of response and scheduling of resources for significant events with broad impact, like natural disasters, major incidents, and large planned or seasonal events.
8.1.4.3RMCWPD shall coordinate information with other transportation agencies, including but not limited to:
8.1.4.3(a)Public Safety
8.1.4.3(b)Emergency Medical Management
  
The detailed process and user service requirement traceability information on this page was extracted from the National ITS Architecture. Consult the National ITS Architecture web site for more information.

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