Local Fire and EMS Vehicles

Status: Existing

Description

This element consists of municipality–operated public safety vehicles and includes systems and personnel operating fire, EMS, and other emergency response vehicles. Existing/future in–vehicle systems include voice/data communications and traffic signal priority systems. In many cases these vehicles are owned and operated by volunteer fire/EMS agencies through service agreements with cooperating municipalities.

Stakeholders

StakeholderRoleRole Status
MunicipalitiesOwnsExisting

Physical Objects

Emergency Vehicle OBE

Functional Objects

Functional ObjectDescriptionUser Defined
EV On–Board En Route Support'EV On–Board En Route Support' provides communications functions to responding emergency vehicles that reduce response times and improve safety of responding public safety personnel and the general public. It supports traffic signal preemption via short range communication directly with signal control equipment and sends alert messages to surrounding vehicles.False
EV On–Board Incident Management Communication'EV On–board Incident Management Communication' provides communications support to first responders. Information about the incident, information on dispatched resources, and ancillary information such as road and weather conditions are provided to emergency personnel. Emergency personnel transmit information about the incident such as identification of vehicles and people involved, the extent of injuries, hazardous material, resources on site, site management strategies in effect, and current clearance status. Emergency personnel may also send in–vehicle signing messages to approaching traffic using short range communications.False
EV Service Patrol Vehicle Operations'EV Service Patrol Vehicle Operations' provides on–board processing and communications to service patrol vehicles that reduce response times and improve safety of responding personnel. It supports service patrol vehicle dispatch and provides incident information back to the dispatching center.False

Interfaces To

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City of Pittsburgh Field Devices
County 911 Centers
Local Fire and Rescue Services
Local Police Departments
Municipal Field Devices