Virginia State Police

Definition:

The Virginia State Police provides state law enforcement and operate dispatch centers to respond to emergencies. Responsible for operating Virginia State Police Centers. Includes Computer Aided Dispatch database, which collects incident/emergency detection, dispatch, response, and status information related to the Virginia State Police officers/equipment. Performed out of division offices. Also responsible for Virginia State Police vehicles.

Inventory Elements:

• VSP Center
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center
• VSP Vehicles

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• Collect and store information related to public safety and emergency management for use by operations personnel or data archives in the region.

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• Respond to commercial vehicle and freight equipment related emergencies including incidents involving hazardous materials as well as the detection of non-permitted transport of security sensitive hazmat.

Electronic Toll Collection for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• Route public safety vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival either based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or request routes from the traffic management center.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Plan and coordinate evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• Request signal preemption via short range communication directly from the emergency vehicle to the traffic control equipment on the roadside.
• Provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among public safety agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
• Gather dispatch and routing information from an emergency vehicle using on-board equipment for vehicle tracking and communications with care facilities.
• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
• Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• Monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies in order to identify potential, imminent, or in-progress major incidents or disasters.

Freeway Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.

Incident Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• Provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among public safety agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
• Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.

Parking Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined

Surface Street Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.

Transit Services for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined

Traveler Information for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined