Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Agencies

Definition:

Hampton Roads District Public Safety Agencies are responsible for public safety in the Hampton Roads Region.

Stakeholder Group Members:

• City of Chesapeake Public Safety Department
• City of Franklin Public Safety Department
• 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

Inventory Elements:

• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Mobile Centers
• Hampton Roads Local Public Safety 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
• None defined

Electronic Toll Collection for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• Gather dispatch and routing information from an emergency vehicle using on-board equipment for vehicle tracking and communications with care facilities.
• Request signal preemption via short range communication directly from the emergency vehicle to the traffic control equipment on the roadside.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
• 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.
• 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 pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• 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.

Freeway Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined

Incident Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• 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.
• 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.

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined

Surface Street Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined

Traveler Information for Virginia ER ITS Architecture
• None defined