VFTPO TSMO Early Deployment Roles and Responsibilities

This area includes all the roles and responsibilities that have been identified for the VFTPO TSMO Early Deployment project.

Service Packages

• PS03: Emergency Vehicle Preemption
• PS02: Emergency Response
• TM02: Vehicle-Based Traffic Surveillance
• TM06: Traffic Information Dissemination
• TM08: Traffic Incident Management System
• PS01: Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch
• PS08: Roadway Service Patrols
• TM01: Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (FDOT District 5 RTMC)

Stakeholders

• FHP

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate emergency response with the county EOCs, local police, and county sheriff.
• Coordinate FHP public safety resources for incident response with regional traffic agencies, including the FDOT, and county and city agencies.
• Coordinate incident response and incident reports with the county sheriff, county fire/EMS agencies, the county EOC, local police/fire/EMS agencies, and other public safety agencies.
• Coordinate incident response with other public safety agencies, including police/fire/EMS agencies and the county sheriff.
• Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incidents with county and city PWDs; CFX construction and maintenance systems; and the FDOT District 5 maintenance system.
• Coordinate regional emergency plans; evacuation and reentry plans; and disaster management plans.
• Dispatch FHP vehicles to incidents in the jurisdiction
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting for the regional incident and mutual aid network.
• Perform incident detection and verification for all streets in the region, and provide this information to traffic and other safety agencies.
• Perform incident detection and verification for the highways in the cities of the region.
• Provide incident information to FDOT District 5 traffic, maintenance, and construction agencies as well as regional ISPs.
• Provide the dispatch of and suggested route information to the FDOT District 5 Road Rangers Service Patrols operated by the FHP.
• Receive AMBER Alerts and other wide area alert information from FDLE.
• Receive early warning information and threat information from the county EOC/warning points.



• County and City Emergency Management Agencies

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate emergency plans and maintenance resources with local maintenance and construction agencies.
• Coordinate emergency plans, emergency transit schedules, and the status of emergency transit systems with local transit agencies.
• Coordinate incident and threat information as part of an early warning system with RTMCs; regional emergency management agencies; regional maintenance and construction agencies; regional transit agencies; and regional ISPs.
• Coordinate incident response and incident reports with the county sheriff, county fire/EMS agencies, county EOC, local police/fire/EMS agencies, the FHP, and other public safety agencies.
• Coordinate wide area alert notifications with regional traffic management agencies; regional emergency management agencies; regional maintenance and construction agencies; and regional transit agencies.
• Develop and coordinate county/regional emergency plans; evacuation and reentry plans; and disaster management plans with regional emergency management agencies; traffic management agencies; transit management agencies; and maintenance and construction age
• Operate the county EOC/warning points, including incident coordination with regional emergency management providers.
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting for the regional incident and mutual aid network.
• Provide evacuation and incident information to the regional ISPs and the media for travelers in the region.



• Counties and Cities

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate emergency plans, incident responses, and resources with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate evacuation and reentry plans with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate maintenance and construction activities with other county and city maintenance systems, and FDOT District 5 construction and maintenance systems.
• Coordinate maintenance or construction requests from regional TMCs.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incidents with FDOT District 5 maintenance and construction operations, and other county and city maintenance and construction operations outside the district.
• Distribute maintenance and construction work plan information and asset restrictions to regional traffic agencies, regional transit providers, regional emergency services, the media, private rail operations, and multimodal service providers.
• Manage work zones for all county and city maintenance and construction activities, and monitor work zone safety with county and city field equipment and vehicles.
• Perform maintenance for ITS field equipment owned by the cities and counties in the region.
• Provide maintenance and construction information to regional traffic operations and the traveling public using portable DMS devices.
• Provide maintenance for local, county, and city roads in the region, including pavement maintenance and construction activities.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using private companies; the county and city public information systems; and the media.
• Receive a request for maintenance resources for incident response from county fire/EMS agencies, the county sheriff, local police/fire/EMS agencies, the FHP, 911 emergency call centers, and regional county EOCs.
• Receive a request for maintenance resources for incident response from regional county and city TMCs.
• Receive AMBER Alerts and other wide area alert information from FDLE.
• Receive AVL information from county and city PWD vehicles.
• The following counties and cities have their own road weather data collection equipment: Brevard, Orange, Lake, Seminole, Volusia, and Osceola counties; and the cities of Daytona Beach, Maitland, Melbourne, Orlando, and Winter Park.
• Vehicles provide automated maintenance status information to the county and city roadway maintenance and construction operations, as well as county and local equipment repair facilities.



• Regional Public Safety Agencies

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate incident response and incident reports with the county sheriff, county fire/EMS agencies, the county EOC, local police/fire/EMS agencies, the FHP, and other public safety agencies.
• Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incidents with county and city PWDs; CFX construction and maintenance systems; and the FDOT District 5 maintenance system.
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting for the regional incident and mutual aid network.
• Receive and coordinate alarms and secure area surveillance for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) customers at FTA motorist aid call boxes.
• Receive emergency calls for incidents in jurisdictions of the 911 center. Coordinate incident response and dispatch with county and local public safety agencies, including police/fire/EMS agencies, the sheriff, and the FHP.
• Receive emergency calls for incidents in the 911 center’s jurisdiction. Coordinate incident response with local public safety agencies, including police/fire/EMS agencies, the county sheriff, and the FHP.



• FDOT District 5

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collect environmental information from its own field equipment, and from public and private weather service providers.
• Collect vehicle probe information using roadside equipment and calculate travel times.
• Control and coordinate highway traffic, including reversible lanes, with lane control signals on FDOT freeways.
• Coordinate a maintenance or construction request from the FDOT District 5 RTMC.
• Coordinate emergency plans, incident responses, and resources with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate emergency traffic signal control with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate evacuation and reentry plans with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate incident response and incident reports with the county sheriff, county fire/EMS agencies, county EOC, local police/fire/EMS agencies, the FHP, and other public safety agencies.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with the FDOT District 5 construction and maintenance systems, and the CFX construction and maintenance systems.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with the FDOT District 7 maintenance system, and county and city public works departments (PWDs).
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incidents with CFX construction and maintenance operations, and other FDOT District maintenance and construction operations.
• Coordinate the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) initiative with private vehicles using FDOT District 5 field equipment.
• Coordinate threat information, such as surveillance or sensor data, with local traffic and emergency management agencies.
• Coordinate traffic information and traffic control with CFX, Brevard, Orange, Osceola, and Volusia counties; and the cities of Daytona Beach and Orlando.
• Coordinate traffic information and traffic control with other FDOT District TMCs.
• Coordinate traffic information with the Seminole County Traffic Action Center (SEMTAC); Volusia County transportation management center (TMC); the City of Orlando; Orange and Brevard counties; and other FDOT District TMCs.
• Coordinate with city and county maintenance and construction systems, as well as other FDOT District maintenance and construction sections.
• Develop and coordinate regional emergency plans; evacuation and reentry plans; and disaster management plans with FDOT District 5 and other Districts.
• Dispatch FDOT District 5 and CFX Road Ranger Service Patrols.
• Distribute this environmental data to private weather providers, RTMCs, regional emergency management agencies, regional transit agencies, and county and city maintenance systems.
• Manage work zones on all FDOT maintenance and construction activities, and monitor work zone safety with FDOT field devices and vehicles.
• Monitor secure area sensors and report alert notifications to regional ISPs, FDOT maintenance systems, and regional emergency management agencies.
• Monitor secure area sensors and report alert notifications to the FDOT District 5 PIO, FDOT maintenance systems, and regional emergency management agencies.
• Obtain traffic images and traffic flow data from closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) and field sensors, and maintain operational control of its own field equipment.
• Operate select traffic signal systems in the FDOT District 5 region.
• Operate signalization and control of reversible lanes in coordination with FDOT District 7 and the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) for evacuation purposes.
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting for the regional incident and mutual aid network.
• Perform maintenance of FDOT-owned ITS field equipment.
• Perform network surveillance for detection and verification of incidents on freeways, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to county fire/EMS/sheriff agencies, the FHP, the county EOC, and local fire/EMS/police.
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices on freeways, such as DMS devices and highway advisory radio (HAR) broadcasts, and through local information service providers (ISPs) and Web sites.
• Provide incident information to travelers via traffic information devices on freeways, such as DMS devices and HAR broadcasts, and through local ISPs and Web sites.
• Provide maintenance and construction information to the FDOT District 5 RTMC; regional maintenance and construction operations; and the traveling public using portable DMS devices.
• Provide parking demand information to private/public parking facilities to determine parking capacity and traffic implications at the facility.
• Provide regional state highway maintenance information on pavement maintenance and construction activities, including infrastructure monitoring activities.
• Provide traffic information and road network conditions to local emergency management providers, including local fire/EMS/police agencies, the FHP, and the county sheriff.
• Provide traffic information and road network conditions to LYNX transit operations.
• Provide traffic information in a coordination effort to the FDOT statewide center-to-center (C2C) information network and the central Florida TMC information network.
• Provide traffic information reports to other agencies, including other FDOT District TMCs.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using CFX DMS devices.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using FDOT DMS devices.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using Florida 511, private companies, and the media.
• Receive a request for maintenance resources for incident response from county fire/EMS agencies, the county sheriff, local police/fire/EMS agencies, the FHP, 911 emergency call centers, and the FDOT District 5 EOCs.
• Receive a request for maintenance resources for incident response from the FDOT District 5 RTMC.
• Receive America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alerts and other wide area alert information from the FDLE.
• Receive automatic vehicle location (AVL) information from FDOT District 5 maintenance vehicles.
• Receive incident information, incident response status, and resource requests from the county EOC/warning points and from the FDOT District 5 EOC.
• The FDOT PIO and the FDOT District 5 maintenance system distributes work zone information to local transit agencies, local emergency management agencies, private rail operations, the media, and multimodal service providers.
• Vehicle provides automated maintenance status information to the FDOT District 5 operations center and FDOT District 5 equipment repair facility.



• Volusia County

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate emergency plans, incident responses, and resources with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate emergency traffic signal control with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate evacuation and reentry plans with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments, and provide track status information (e.g., blockage) to rail operators and local traffic operations.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with county and city maintenance and construction systems.
• Coordinate traffic information and traffic control with the FDOT District 5 RTMC.
• Coordinate traffic information with the City of Daytona Beach TMC and the FDOT District 5 RTMC.
• Operate county and local drawbridge systems in conjunction with county signal systems.
• Operate traffic signal systems, including CCTVs, signals, and sensors, for Volusia County.
• Perform network monitoring for detection and verification of incidents on county roads, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to county fire/EMS/sheriff agencies, the FHP, the county EOC, and local fire/EMS/police agencies.
• Provide emergency signal preemption for county and local fire/EMS agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices on county roads, and through local ISPs, Web sites, and the local media.
• Provide traffic information in a coordination effort to the Florida 511
• Provide traffic information to travelers using private companies; county and city public information systems; and the media.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using Volusia County DMS devices.
• Provide traffic information to VOTRAN transit operations.
• Provide transit signal priority for regional transit providers using roadside devices.
• Receive AMBER Alerts and other wide area alert information from FDLE.
• Receive incident information, incident response status, and resource requests from the county EOC/warning points.



• City of Daytona Beach

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate emergency plans, incident responses, and resources with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate emergency traffic signal control with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate evacuation and reentry plans with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments, and provide track status information (e.g., blockage) to rail operators and local traffic operations.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with county and city maintenance and construction systems.
• Coordinate traffic information and traffic control with the FDOT District 5 RTMC.
• Coordinate traffic information with Volusia County.
• Obtain traffic images and traffic flow data from CCTVs and field sensors, and maintain operational control of its own field equipment.
• Operate county and local drawbridge systems in conjunction with city signal systems.
• Operate traffic signal systems, including CCTVs, signals, and sensors, for the City of Daytona Beach.
• Perform network monitoring for detection and verification of incidents on city streets, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to county fire/EMS/sheriff agencies, the FHP, the county EOC, and local fire/EMS/police agencies.
• Provide emergency signal preemption for county and local fire/EMS agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices on city streets, and through local ISPs, Web sites, and the local media.
• Provide parking demand information to private/public parking facilities to determine parking capacity and traffic implications at the facility.
• Provide traffic information and road network conditions to VOTRAN transit operations.
• Provide traffic information in a coordination effort to the Florida 511
• Provide traffic information to travelers using City of Daytona Beach DMS devices.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using private companies; county and city public information systems; and the media.
• Provide transit signal priority for regional transit providers using roadside devices.
• Receive AMBER Alerts and other wide area alert information from FDLE.
• Receive incident information, incident response status, and resource requests from the county EOC/warning points.



• FDLE

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate AMBER Alert information and alert status to regional emergency management agencies, including the police and sheriff.
• Originate AMBER Alerts in the State of Florida.
• Provide AMBER Alert information to RTMCs and EOCs