Emergency Environmental Monitoring

Collects current and forecast road and weather information that is used by the operator to more effectively manage incidents.

  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.
  3. The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information to support incident management.
  4. The center shall present the current and forecast road and weather information to the emergency system operator.