Emergency Data Collection Functional Area

Description

'Emergency Data Collection' collects and stores emergency information that is collected in the course of operations by the Emergency Management Center. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data users and archives in the region.

Included In

BCTA Transit Management Center
PRT Offices
Western Region Traffic Management Center (PennDOT)
PennDOT Statewide TMC
PTC Traffic Operations Center (PTC Ops Center)

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The center shall collect emergency service data, emergency vehicle management data, emergency vehicle data, sensor and surveillance data, threat data, and incident data.
2The emergency management center shall assign quality control metrics and meta–data to be stored along with the data. Meta–data may include attributes that describe the source and quality of the data and the conditions surrounding the collection of the data.
3The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the emergency management data or for the data itself.
4The emergency management center shall produce sample products of the data available.