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Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

Status:

Existing

Definition:

These centers are responsible for providing public safety in the form of police, fire, 911 for the various counties and cities in the state of Virginia. Examples are City of Chesapeake Public Safety Department, City of Frankilin Public Safety Depertment, City of Hampton Public Safety Department, City of Newport News Public Safety Agencies, City of Norfolk Public Safety Agencies, City of Poquson Public Safety Department, City of Portsmouth Public Safety Department, City of Suffolk Public Safety Department, City of Virginia Beach Public Safety Department ,City of Williamsburg Public Safety Department, Accomack County Public Safety and Emergency Management, Greensville County Public Safety Agencies, Isle of Wight County Office of Emergency Services, James City County Public Safety Agencies, Northampton County Public Safety Agencies, Southampton County Public Safety Agencies, Surry County Office of Emergency Management, York County Public Safety Agencies, City of Emporia Public Safety Department

Stakeholder:

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Agencies

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers:

• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Chesapeake TMC
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Hampton TMC
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Newport News TMC
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Norfolk STC
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Suffolk TOC
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Virginia Beach TMC
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Communications Center
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Elizabeth River Tunnel SSP Vehicles
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Hampton Roads District Local Signal Centers
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Vehicles
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers HRT Operations Centers
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Media Outlets
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Military Installations
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMBT) SSP Vehicles
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Shelter Centers
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Special Event Promoters
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT Critical Infrastructure Security System
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT) SSP Vehicles
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT Hampton Roads TOC
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT RTIMIS
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT Video Clearinghouses
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Virginia DMV Motor Carrier Service Centers
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VSP Mobile Unified Command Center
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Weather Service Providers

Architecture Flows
to/from the Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers:

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Chesapeake TMC

• emergency plan coordination


• resource request

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Norfolk STC

• emergency plan coordination


• incident response coordination


• incident response status


• resource request

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers City of Virginia Beach TMC

• resource request

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Communications Center

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident report


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• transportation system status

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Elizabeth River Tunnel SSP Vehicles

• emergency dispatch requests


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Hampton Roads District Local Signal Centers

• emergency traffic control request


• evacuation information


• incident information

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Vehicles

• emergency dispatch requests

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers HRT Operations Centers

• emergency plan coordination

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Media Outlets

• incident information for media

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMBT) SSP Vehicles

• emergency dispatch requests


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Shelter Centers

• evacuation information

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT Critical Infrastructure Security System

• incident response status


• threat information

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT) SSP Vehicles

• emergency dispatch requests


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT Hampton Roads TOC

• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• evacuation information


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• incident response status


• resource request

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VDOT RTIMIS

• incident information


• incident response status

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers VSP Mobile Unified Command 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

City of Chesapeake TMCHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• emergency plan coordination


• resource request


• traffic images

City of Hampton TMCHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• traffic images

City of Newport News TMCHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• resource request


• traffic images

City of Norfolk STCHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• traffic images

City of Suffolk TOCHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• traffic images

City of Virginia Beach TMCHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• resource request


• traffic images

Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Communications CenterHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident report


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

Elizabeth River Tunnel SSP VehiclesHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• emergency dispatch response


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

Hampton Roads Local Public Safety VehiclesHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• emergency dispatch response


• emergency vehicle tracking data

HRT Operations CentersHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• emergency plan coordination

Military InstallationsHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• secure area sensor data

Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMBT) SSP VehiclesHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• emergency dispatch response


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

Shelter CentersHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• shelter information

Special Event PromotersHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• event plans

VDOT Critical Infrastructure Security SystemHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• alert notification coordination


• alert status


• threat information coordination


• transportation information for operations


• transportation system status

VDOT Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT) SSP VehiclesHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• emergency dispatch response


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

VDOT Hampton Roads TOCHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource deployment status


• road network conditions

VDOT RTIMISHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• incident information


• incident response status

VDOT Video ClearinghousesHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• traffic images

Virginia DMV Motor Carrier Service CentersHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• alarm

VSP Mobile Unified Command CenterHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• threat information coordination


• transportation system status

Weather Service ProvidersHampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers

• weather information

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers:

• Emergency Management Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers:

• ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - City of Virginia Beach TMC -- (Graphic)
• ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - City of Suffolk TOC -- (Graphic)
• ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - City of Norfolk STC -- (Graphic)
• ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - City of Newport News TMC -- (Graphic)
• ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - City of Hampton TMC -- (Graphic)
• ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - City of Chesapeake TMC -- (Graphic)
• ATMS21 - Roadway Closure Management - CBBT -- (Graphic)
• ATMS21 - Roadway Closure Management - Cities -- (Graphic)
• ATMS21 - Roadway Closure Management - Virginia ER Region -- (Graphic)
• EM01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - Hampton Roads District -- (Graphic)
• EM02 - Emergency Routing - Hampton Roads District -- (Graphic)
• MC07 - Roadway Maintenance and Construction - Virginia ER Region -- (Graphic)
• MC08 - Work Zone Management - Cities -- (Graphic)
• MC08 - Work Zone Management - Virginia ER Region -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers:

Emergency Call-Taking

1. The 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.
2. The center shall receive emergency call information from 911 services and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
3. The center shall receive emergency call information from mayday service providers and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
4. The center shall receive emergency notification information from other public safety agencies and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
5. The center shall receive emergency notification information from public transit systems and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
6. 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.
7. The center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.
8. The center shall update the incident information log once the emergency system operator has verified the incident.
9. 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

1. The center shall dispatch emergency vehicles to respond to verified emergencies under center personnel control.
2. The center shall store the current status of all emergency vehicles available for dispatch and those that have been dispatched.
3. The center shall relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.
4. The center shall track the location and status of emergency vehicles responding to an emergency based on information from the emergency vehicle.
5. The center shall store and maintain the emergency service responses in an action log.
6. The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.
7. The center shall receive traffic images to support dispatch of emergency vehicles.
8. The center shall coordinate response to incidents with other Emergency Management centers to ensure appropriate resources are dispatched and utilized.

Emergency Routing

1. The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation.
2. The center shall receive information on the location and status of traffic control equipment and work zones along potential emergency routes.
3. The center shall receive status information from care facilities to determine the appropriate facility and its location.
4. The center shall receive asset restriction information to support the dispatching of appropriate emergency resources.
5. The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on the collected traffic and road conditions information..
6. The center shall request and receive ingress and egress routes or other specialized emergency access routes from the traffic management center.
7. 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.
8. Once the route is calculated the route shall be provided to the dispatch function.
9. The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.

Incident Command

1. The center shall provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
2. The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.
3. The center shall track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
4. 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.
5. The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.

Emergency Data Collection

1. The center shall collect emergency service data, emergency vehicle management data, emergency vehicle data, sensor and surveillance data, threat data, and incident data.
2. The 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.
3. 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.
4. The center shall be able to produce sample products of the data available.