Freeway Management for Benton-Franklin Regional ITS Architecture Roles and Responsibilities

Stakeholder	Role and Responsibility
Ben Franklin Transit (BFT)
Benton County Emergency Services (BCES)	Emergency dispatch and incident management
	Coordinates incident response on road network.
Benton County Fire Districts	Fire and emergency respone
Benton County Sheriffs Office	Incident response and traffic management
Benton-Franklin Council of Governments (BFCG)	Main clearinghouse for archived data for region
City of Benton City
City of Connell
City of Kahlotus
City of Kennewick
City of Mesa
City of Pasco
City of Prosser
City of Richland
City of West Richland
Franklin County Fire Districts	Emergency response for Franklin County and jurisdictions within
Franklin County Sheriffs Office	incident response and traffic management
Local City Public Works Departments	Provide maintenance and construction management on local road network
	Share traffic data
	Provide network surveillance and signal management on local road network
Local Police and Fire Departments	Incidnet response on regional road network.
Media	Media alerts for regional emergencies
	Travel information to public
Mission Support Alliance	Manage transporation issues at the Hanfrod site
Washington State DOT (WSDOT)	Dispatch WSDOT maintenance personnel to respond to incidents and to provide traffic control and emergency repairs
	Share traffic data
	Weigh Station operations
	Manages state routes in region
	Incident response and traffic managment
	Collect and archive traffic alerts, weather and VMS messaging
	Travel information on regional state routes
Washington State Patrol (WSP)	Commercial vehicle enforcement
	State route vehicle enforcement
	Incident response and traffic management
	Dispatch Washington State Patrol Vehicles within their jurisdiciton and assist local jurisdictions with enforcment