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VDOT TEOC

Status:

Existing

Definition:

The VDOT Transportation Emergency Operations Center (TEOC) in Richmond is Responsible for statewide incidents such as Amber Alerts, major weather events. The TEOC is responsible for reporting certain types of events (pre-defined thresholds) per FHWA. The TEOC also provides information for 511, internal VDOT consumers, media, and VDOT public website.

Stakeholder:

VDOT Central Office

Systems Interconnected
with the VDOT TEOC


Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include VDOT TEOC:

Architecture Flows
to/from the VDOT TEOC:

VDOT TEOC flows into icon Fredericksburg District Local Public Safety Centers VDOT TEOC flows into icon NRO Local Public Safety Centers VDOT TEOC flows into icon NRO Thornburg Center VDOT TEOC flows into icon VDOT Fredericksburg District Maintenance and Construction Residencies VDOT TEOC flows into icon VDOT NOVA District Construction Management VDOT TEOC flows into icon VDOT NOVA District Maintenance VDOT TEOC flows into icon VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC VDOT TEOC flows into icon VDOT NRO TFO VDOT TEOC flows into icon WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center Fredericksburg District Local Public Safety Centersflows into iconVDOT TEOC National Weather Serviceflows into iconVDOT TEOC NRO Local Public Safety Centersflows into iconVDOT TEOC NRO Thornburg Centerflows into iconVDOT TEOC VDOT Fredericksburg District Maintenance and Construction Residenciesflows into iconVDOT TEOC VDOT NOVA District Construction Managementflows into iconVDOT TEOC VDOT NOVA District Maintenanceflows into iconVDOT TEOC VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOCflows into iconVDOT TEOC VDOT NRO TFOflows into iconVDOT TEOC WMATA Operations Centersflows into iconVDOT TEOC WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Centerflows into iconVDOT TEOC

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the VDOT TEOC:

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with VDOT TEOC:

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with VDOT TEOC:

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 provide the capability to correlate alerts and advisories, incident information, and security sensor and surveillance data.
  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 receive incident information from other transportation management centers to support the early warning system.
Emergency Evacuation Support
  1. The center shall manage inter-agency coordination of evacuation operations, from initial planning through the evacuation process and reentry.
  2. The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
  3. 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.
Emergency Environmental Monitoring
  1. The center shall collect current and forecast road and weather information from weather service providers (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services).
  2. The center shall collect current road and weather information from roadway maintenance operations.
TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination/Communication
  1. The center shall exchange alert information and status with emergency management centers. The information includes notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public. The information may include the alert originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. This may also identify specific information that should not be released to the public.
  2. The center shall coordinate planning for incidents with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities for disaster response, evacuation, and recovery operations.
  3. The center shall exchange incident information with emergency management centers, maintenance and construction centers, transit centers, information service providers, and the media including description, location, traffic impact, status, expected duration, and response information.
TMC Evacuation Support
  1. The center shall coordinate planning for evacuation with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities such as establishing routes, areas to be evacuated, timing, etc.
  2. The center shall coordinate information and controls with other traffic management centers.