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Center Secure Area Alarm Support Equipment Package

Architecture Geographic Scope

Description:

Collection and response to silent and audible alarms received from travelers in secure areas (such as transit stops, rest areas, park-and-ride lots) and from on-board transit vehicles.

 

Included in:

City of Sherman Public Safety Dispatch
County Public Safety Dispatch
DPS Communications Service
Grayson County Sheriffs Office Communications
Municipal Public Safety Dispatch

Functional Requirements:

1The center shall collect silent and audible alarms received from travelers in secure areas (such as transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities).
2The center shall collect silent and audible alarms received from transit vehicles, originated by the traveler or the transit vehicle operator.
3After the alarm message has been received, the center shall generate an alarm acknowledgment to the sender.
4After the alarm message becomes a verified incident, the center shall determine the appropriate response.
5The center shall determine whether the alarm message indicates an emergency that requires the attention of public safety agencies, and forward alarm message data to the appropriate agency as necessary.
6The center shall forward the alarm message to center personnel and respond to the traveler or transit vehicle operator as directed by the personnel.
  

User Service Requirements (fully or partially addressed):

2.0PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
2.4PUBLIC TRAVEL SECURITY
2.4.1PTS shall include specific Secure Areas.
2.4.1.2All public Secure Areas shall have traveler activated alarms monitored by central dispatch or local police.
2.4.1.3There shall be silently activated alarms and/or audible alarms on board public transit vehicles which are capable of activation by the operator, monitored by central dispatch or local police.
5.0EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
5.1EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION AND PERSONAL SECURITY
5.1.3ENPS shall include a Remote Security and Emergency Monitoring (RSEM) function to create an environment of safety in secure areas.
5.1.3.1RSEM shall include specific Secure Areas.
5.1.3.3RSEM shall include a Security Alarm (SA) function.
5.1.3.3.1Secure Areas shall have traveler-activated alarms.
  
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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