Emergency Management for Virginia Statewide Architecture

Border 511 States
  • Support coordinated response to incidents.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
City of Bristol TN
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
  • 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.
  • Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
  • 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.
  • Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
  • Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • Operate barrier systems remotely such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
  • Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
  • Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
  • 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.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • 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.
  • Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • 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.
  • Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • 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.
I-95 Corridor Coalition
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
  • Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
  • 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.
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • 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.
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA)
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • 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.
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • 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.
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
  • Operate barrier systems remotely such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC)
  • Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
  • 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.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
NCDOT
  • Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
  • 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.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
  • 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.
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • 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.
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
Other County/State Governments
  • 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.
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
  • 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 notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • 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.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
  • 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.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
Sullivan County TN
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • 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.
  • Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
  • Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
  • Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
  • 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.
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • 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.
  • Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
  • 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.
  • Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
  • Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP)
  • Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • 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.
  • Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
  • Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
  • 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.
  • Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
  • Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • 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.
  • Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
Toll Collection Agencies
  • Roadside collection of tolls from vehicle toll tags and violation identification.
VDOT Central Office
  • 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 incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
  • Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
  • Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
  • Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
  • Manage and support routine maintenance on the roadway or right-of-way including landscape maintenance, hazard removal (roadway debris, dead animals), routine maintenance activities (roadway cleaning, grass cutting), and repair and maintenance of both ITS and non-ITS equipment.
  • Operate barrier systems remotely such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
  • Dispatch emergency vehicles to 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.
  • Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
  • 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.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
  • Operate safeguard systems remotely such as blast shields and tunnel exhaust systems that are used to mitigate the impact of incidents on transportation infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Support coordinated response to incidents.
  • Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
  • Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
VDOT Districts
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • 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.
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
  • Support coordinated response to incidents.
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • 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.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
  • Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
  • Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
  • 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.
  • Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • Manage and support routine maintenance on the roadway or right-of-way including landscape maintenance, hazard removal (roadway debris, dead animals), routine maintenance activities (roadway cleaning, grass cutting), and repair and maintenance of both ITS and non-ITS equipment.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
Video Clearinghouses
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
  • Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
  • Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
Virginia DEM
  • 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.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
  • Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • Operate barrier systems remotely such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
  • Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
  • 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.
  • Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
Virginia Public Safety and Emergency Management
  • Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
  • Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
  • Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
  • Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
Virginia State Police
  • Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
  • Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
  • Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
  • Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
  • Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
  • 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.
  • Gather dispatch and routing information from an emergency vehicle using on-board equipment for vehicle tracking and communications with care facilities.
  • Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
  • Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
  • Plan strategically for emergency response.
  • 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.
  • Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
  • Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
  • Operate barrier systems remotely such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
  • Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
  • Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
  • Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
  • Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
  • 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.
  • Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
  • Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
  • Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify 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.
  • Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
  • Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
  • Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
  • Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.