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VSP Center

Status:

Existing

Definition:

This Virginia State Police (VSP) center is responsible for providing public safety in the state of Virginia by responding to incidents that occur on VDOT's roadway system.

Stakeholder:

Virginia State Police

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include VSP Center:

• VSP Center City of Danville TMC
• VSP Center Private Commercial Vehicles
• VSP Center SWR Local Public Safety Centers
• VSP Center VDOT Big Walker Mountain Tunnel SSP Vehicles
• VSP Center VDOT SWR Maintenance Residencies
• VSP Center VDOT SWRO TOC/ATMS
• VSP Center Virginia DMV Motor Carrier Service Centers
• VSP Center VSP Mobile Unified Command Center
• VSP Center VSP Vehicles

Architecture Flows
to/from the VSP Center:

VSP Center City of Danville TMC

• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• incident response status


• resource request

VSP Center SWR Local Public Safety Centers

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

VSP Center VDOT Big Walker Mountain Tunnel SSP Vehicles

• emergency dispatch requests


• suggested route

VSP Center VDOT SWR Maintenance Residencies

• alert notification


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation information


• incident information


• incident response status


• transportation system status


• work plan feedback

VSP Center VDOT SWRO TOC/ATMS

• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• incident response status


• resource request

VSP Center VSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• incident information


• incident response coordination


• incident response status

VSP Center VSP Vehicles

• decision support information


• emergency dispatch requests


• suggested route

City of Danville TMCVSP Center

• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• incident response status


• resource deployment status


• road network conditions

Private Commercial VehiclesVSP Center

• hazmat notification

SWR Local Public Safety CentersVSP Center

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident report


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• threat information coordination


• transportation system status

VDOT Big Walker Mountain Tunnel SSP VehiclesVSP Center

• emergency dispatch response


• emergency vehicle tracking data

VDOT SWR Maintenance ResidenciesVSP Center

• alert status


• current infrastructure restrictions


• emergency plan coordination


• incident information


• maint and constr resource response


• maint and constr work plans


• road network status assessment


• work zone information

VDOT SWRO TOC/ATMSVSP Center

• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• resource deployment status


• road network conditions


• traffic images

Virginia DMV Motor Carrier Service CentersVSP Center

• commercial vehicle incident notification

VSP Mobile Unified Command CenterVSP Center

• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

VSP VehiclesVSP Center

• emergency dispatch response


• emergency vehicle tracking data


• incident scene status

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the VSP Center:

• Archived Data User System Terminator
• Emergency Management Center Subsystem
• Traffic Management Center Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with VSP Center:

• MC05 - Roadway Maintenance and Construction - SWR -- (Graphic)
• MC06 - Work Zone Management - SWR -- (Graphic)
• PS01 - Emergency Routing - VSP -- (Graphic)
• PS01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - VSP -- (Graphic)
• PS03 - Emergency Vehicle Preemption - VSP -- (Graphic)
• PS08 - Roadway Service Patrols - VDOT SWRTOC -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with VSP Center:

Emergency Data Collection

1. The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the emergency management data or for the data itself.
2. The emergency management center shall be able to produce sample products of the data available.
3. The emergency management center shall assign quality control metrics and meta-data to be stored along with the data. Meta-data may include attributes that describe the source and quality of the data and the conditions surrounding the collection of the data.
4. The center shall collect emergency service data, emergency vehicle management data, emergency vehicle data, sensor and surveillance data, threat data, and incident data.

Emergency Early Warning System

1. The center shall monitor information from Alerting and Advisory Systems such as the Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs), the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), etc. The information may include assessments (general incident and vulnerability awareness information), advisories (identification of threats or recommendations to increase preparedness levels), or alerts (information on imminent or in-progress emergencies).
2. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to transit management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
3. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traffic management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
4. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traveler information service providers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
5. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to maintenance centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
6. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to other emergency management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
7. The center shall coordinate the broadcast of wide-area alerts and advisories with other emergency management centers.
8. The center shall receive incident information from other transportation management centers to support the early warning system.
9. The center shall present the alert and advisory information and the status of the actions taken in response to the alert by the other centers to the emergency system operator as received from other system inputs.
10. The center shall support the entry of alert and advisory information directly from the emergency system operator.

Emergency Routing

1. The center shall receive asset restriction information to support the dispatching of appropriate emergency resources.
2. The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation.
3. The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on the collected traffic and road conditions information.
4. The center shall request and receive ingress and egress routes or other specialized emergency access routes from the traffic management center.
5. The center shall provide the capability to request special traffic control measures, such as signal preemption, from the traffic management center to facilitate emergency vehicle progress along the suggested route.
6. The center shall receive information on the location and status of traffic control equipment and work zones along potential emergency routes.

Emergency Call-Taking

1. The emergency call-taking center shall update the incident information log once the emergency system operator has verified the incident.
2. Theemergency call-taking center shall receive emergency call information from 911 services and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
3. The emergency call-taking center shall support the interface to the Emergency Telecommunications System (e.g. 911 or 7-digit call routing) to receive emergency notification information and provide it to the emergency system operator.
4. The emergency call-taking center shall send a request for remote control of Closed-circuit Television (CCTV) systems from a traffic management center in order to verify the reported incident.
5. The emergency call-taking 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.
6. The emergency call-taking center shall receive emergency notification information from public transit systems and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
7. The emergency call-taking center shall receive emergency notification information from other public safety agencies and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
8. The emergency call-taking center shall receive emergency call information from other emergency management centers, e.g. mayday service providers, and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
9. The emergency call-taking center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.

Emergency Evacuation Support

1. The center shall request resources from transit agencies as needed to support the evacuation.
2. The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
3. 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.
4. The center shall coordinate evacuation destinations and shelter needs with shelter providers (e.g., the American Red Cross) in the region.
5. The center shall provide evacuation information to traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, rail operations, and other emergency management centers as needed.
6. The center shall monitor the progress of the reentry process.
7. The center shall monitor the progress or status of the evacuation once it begins and exchange tactical plans, prepared during the incident, with allied agencies.
8. 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.
9. The center shall request traffic management agencies to implement special traffic control strategies and to control evacuation traffic, including traffic on local streets and arterials as well as the major evacuation routes.
10. The center shall manage inter-agency coordination of evacuation operations, from initial planning through the evacuation process and reentry.

Emergency Response Management

1. The center shall track the availability of resources and coordinate resource sharing with allied agency centers including traffic, maintenance, or other emergency centers.
2. The center shall allocate the appropriate emergency services, resources, and vehicle (s) to respond to incidents, and shall provide the capability to override the current allocation to suit the special needs of a current incident.
3. The center shall receive event scheduling information from Event Promoters.
4. The center shall provide information to the media concerning the status of an emergency response.
5. The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to provide inputs to the management of incidents, disasters and evacuations.
6. The center shall develop, coordinate with other agencies, and store emergency response plans.
7. The center shall provide strategic emergency response capabilities provided by an Emergency Operations Center for large-scale incidents and disasters.
8. The center shall manage coordinated inter-agency responses to and recovery from large-scale emergencies. Such agencies include traffic management, transit, maintenance and construction management, rail operations, and other emergency management agencies.
9. The center shall provide the capability to implement response plans and track progress through the incident by exchanging incident information and response status with allied agencies.

Emergency Incident Command

1. The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
2. The center shall provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for first responders to support local management of an incident.
3. The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.
4. The center shall track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
5. The center shall share incident command information with other public safety agencies including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, rail incident information, evacuation advice as well as traffic, road, and weather conditions.

Emergency Dispatch

1. The center shall coordinate response to incidents with other Emergency Management centers to ensure appropriate resources are dispatched and utilized.
2. The center shall receive traffic images to support dispatch of emergency vehicles.
3. The center shall relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.
4. The center shall dispatch emergency vehicles to respond to verified emergencies under center personnel control.
5. The center shall store and maintain the emergency service responses in an action log.
6. The center shall store the current status of all emergency vehicles available for dispatch and those that have been dispatched.

Emergency Commercial Vehicle Response

1. The center shall receive emergency notification information from commercial vehicles, commercial vehicle check stations, or commercial fleet operators and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator. This may include detection of non-permitted transport of security sensitive hazmat, hazardous cargo spills, etc.
2. The center shall receive details of the cargo being carried by commercial vehicles from their commercial fleet manager for incidents involving potential hazardous materials.