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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

Systems Interconnected
with the VSP Center


Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include VSP Center:

Architecture Flows
to/from the VSP Center:

VSP Center flows into icon City of Charlottesville TMC VSP Center flows into icon Media Outlets VSP Center flows into icon NWR Local Public Safety Centers VSP Center flows into icon NWR Local Signal Centers VSP Center flows into icon NWR Local Public Safety Mobile Centers VSP Center flows into icon NWR Local Transit Center VSP Center flows into icon Research and Data Collection Centers VSP Center flows into icon VDOT Culpeper District EOC VSP Center flows into icon VDOT NWR Maintenance and Construction Residencies VSP Center flows into icon VDOT Staunton TOC VSP Center flows into icon VDOT TEOC VSP Center flows into icon VDOT VaTraffic VSP Center flows into icon VSP Vehicles City of Charlottesville TMCflows into iconVSP Center NWR Local Public Safety Centersflows into iconVSP Center NWR Local Signal Centersflows into iconVSP Center NWR Local Public Safety Mobile Centersflows into iconVSP Center NWR Local Transit Centerflows into iconVSP Center Private Commercial Vehiclesflows into iconVSP Center Research and Data Collection Centersflows into iconVSP Center VDOT Culpeper District EOCflows into iconVSP Center VDOT NWR Maintenance and Construction Residenciesflows into iconVSP Center VDOT Staunton TOCflows into iconVSP Center VDOT TEOCflows into iconVSP Center VDOT VaTrafficflows into iconVSP Center VDOT Video Clearinghousesflows into iconVSP Center Virginia DMV Motor Carrier Service Centersflows into iconVSP Center VSP Vehiclesflows into iconVSP Center

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the VSP Center:

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with VSP Center:

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with VSP Center:

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 send a request for remote control of CCTV systems from a traffic management center in order to verify the reported incident.
  8. The center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.
  9. The center shall update the incident information log once the emergency system operator has verified the incident.
  10. 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 store and maintain the emergency service responses in an action log.
  5. The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.
  6. The center shall receive traffic images to support dispatch of emergency vehicles.
  7. 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 asset restriction information to support the dispatching of appropriate emergency resources.
  4. The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on the collected traffic and road conditions information..
  5. The center shall request and receive ingress and egress routes or other specialized emergency access routes from the traffic management center.
  6. 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.
  7. Once the route is calculated the route shall be provided to the dispatch function.
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.
Service Patrol Management
  1. The center shall dispatch roadway service patrol vehicles to identified incident locations.
  2. The center shall store the current status of all service patrol vehicles available for dispatch and those that have been dispatched.
  3. The center shall share incident information collected by the service patrol with traffic, maintenance and construction, and traveler information centers for incident management, incident notification to travelers, and incident cleanup.
  4. The center shall track the location and status of service patrol vehicles.
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 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.
  3. 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.
  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 Response Management
  1. The center shall provide strategic emergency response capabilities provided by an Emergency Operations Center for large-scale incidents and disasters.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. The center shall develop, coordinate with other agencies, and store emergency response plans.
  5. The center shall track the availability of resources and coordinate resource sharing with allied agency centers including traffic, maintenance, or other emergency centers.
  6. 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.
  7. The center shall receive event scheduling information from Event Promoters.
  8. The center shall provide information to the media concerning the status of an emergency response.
  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.
  10. The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to provide inputs to the management of incidents, disasters and evacuations.
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 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 request resources from transit agencies as needed to support the evacuation.
  7. 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.
  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 monitor the progress or status of the evacuation once it begins and exchange tactical plans, prepared during the incident, with allied agencies.
  10. The center shall monitor the progress of the reentry process.
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).
Center Secure Area Surveillance
  1. The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices in secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways).
  2. The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers).
  3. The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices on-board transit vehicles.
Center Secure Area Sensor Management
  1. The center shall remotely monitor and control security sensor data collected in secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways). The types of security sensor data include environmental threat (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological sensors), infrastructure condition and integrity, intrusion and motion, and object detection sensors. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
  2. The center shall remotely monitor and control security sensor data collected in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers). The types of security sensor data include environmental threat (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological sensors), intrusion and motion, and object detection sensors. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
  3. The center shall remotely monitor and control security sensor data collected on-board transit vehicles. The types of security sensor data include environmental threat (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological sensors) and object detection sensors. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
  4. The center shall identify potential security threats based on collected security sensor data.
  5. The center shall exchange threat analysis data with Alerting and Advisory Systems and use that data in local threat analysis processing.
  6. The center shall disseminate threat information to other agencies, including traffic, transit, maintenance, rail operations, and other emergency management centers.
Center Secure Area Alarm Support
  1. The center shall collect silent and audible alarms received from travelers in secure areas (such as transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities).
  2. The center shall collect silent and audible alarms received from transit vehicles, originated by the traveler or the transit vehicle operator.
  3. After the alarm message becomes a verified incident, the center shall determine the appropriate response.
  4. The center shall determine whether the alarm message indicates an emergency that requires the attention of public safety agencies, and forward alarm message data to the appropriate agency as necessary.
Mayday Support
  1. The center shall collect mayday messages from vehicles and drivers.
  2. The center shall collect mayday messages from travelers via personal handheld devices.
  3. The center shall acknowledge the request for emergency assistance, whether originated by the driver, automatically by the vehicle's safety systems, or by a traveler via a personal handheld device.
  4. After the mayday becomes a verified incident, the center shall determine the appropriate response to the mayday message.