Emergency Routing

Routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival. Routes may be determined based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or routes may be provided by Traffic Management on request.

1. The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information from traffic management centers for emergency vehicle route calculation.
2. The center shall receive inputs from traffic management and maintenance centers on the location and status of traffic control equipment and work zones along potential emergency routes.
3. The center shall receive asset restriction information from maintenance centers to support the dispatching of appropriate emergency resources.
4. The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on information from traffic management and maintenance centers.
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.