Incident Management for Wichita Area

The stakeholders in this regional area interface with each other to provide traffic incident management for the Wichita Area.

• The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is responsible notifying the appropriate agencies of planned events of natural weather related incidents.
• The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is responsible for using the KCJIS to alert public safety agencies in the in the Wichita area of extreme weather conditions (e.g., tornados).

• Kansas Turnpike Authority is reponsible for addressing incidents, disasters, security threats, or any event that will cause a disruption to traffic flow on the turnpike and requires their assistance.
• Kansas Turnpike Authority is responsible for assisting in restoring traffic back to its pre-incident condition.
• Kansas Turnpike Authority is responsible for sharing incident related information with KDOT, Sedgwick County, and the City of Wichita in coordination activities.
• Kansas Turnpike Authority is responsible for providing incident information to the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Wichita Area detected by patrol vehicles or motorist call-ins.

• KDOT is responsible for collecting traffic incident information detected by the motorist assistence patrol vehicles traversing the Wichita Area.
• KDOT is responsible for collecting traffic related data that provide indcations that there may be disruptions in the traffic stream in the Wichita Area.
• KDOT reponsible for responding to incidents, disasters, security threats, or any event that will cause a disruption to traffic flow and requires their personnel to provide assistance.
• KDOT is responsible for sharing congestion related, work zone information, and other events that will cause disruption in traffic to other traffic management, emergency management, media, commercial vehicle organizations, and information service providers in the Wichita area.

• KHP-Turnpike is responsible for providing incident information to the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Wichita Area detected by patrol vehicles or motorist call-ins.
• KHP-Turnpike is responsible for sharing incident related information with KDOT, Sedgwick County, and the City of Wichita in coordination activities.
• KHP-Turnpike is reponsible for addressing incidents, disasters, security threats, or any event that will cause a disruption to traffic flow on the turnpike and requires their assistance.
• KHP-Turnpike is responsible for assisting in restoring traffic back to its pre-incident condition.

• Local media is responsible for providing incident information to the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Wichita Area detected by media helicopter reports.
• Local media is responsible for sharing the information it receives from the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Wichita-Sedgwick County areas with the public.
• Local media is responsible for collecting incident and disaster information from the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Wichita Area.

• Sedgwick County is responsible for providing incident information to the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Wichita Area detected by patrol vehicles or motorist call-ins.
• Sedgwick County is reponsible for addressing incidents, disasters, security threats, or any event that will cause a disruption to traffic flow and requires their assistance.
• Sedgwick County is responsible for providing public safety during disasters (manmade or natural diasters).

• Sedgwick County EMS is responsible for responding to situations that require their assistance in transporting injured victims of incidents or disasters.
• Sedgwick County EMS is responsible for establishing a link with healthcare facilities to ensure they would be able to treat the injuries of patients they are transporting.

• Suburban Emergency Dispatch Centers are reponsible for making the Suburban Communities aware of incidents, disasters, security threats, or any event that will cause a disruption to traffic flow and requires their assistance.
• Suburban Emergency Dispatch Centers are responsible for sharing incident related information with KDOT, Sedgwick County, and the City of Wichita in coordination activities.
• Sedgwick Emergency Dispatch Centers are responsible for providing incident information to the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Wichita Area detected by patrol vehicles or motorist call-ins.

• Wichita Area Public Safety Agencies are responsible to be first responders within an overall incident command framework.
• Wichita Area Public Safety Agencies are responsible for providing incident information to the traffic management and public safety agencies in the Wichita Area detected by patrol vehicles or motorist call-ins.
• Wichita Area Public Safety Agencies are reponsible for making the Wichita region aware of incidents, disasters, security threats, or any event that will cause a disruption to traffic flow and requires their assistance.