EV On-Board En Route Support Functional Area

Description

'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.

Included In

Local Fire and EMS Vehicles
PSP Vehicles
Towing Industry Responders
PSP Vehicles – Troop T
PennDOT Parkway Service Patrol

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall track its current location.
10The emergency vehicle shall send the stolen vehicle's location and operational data to the center for dispatch.
11The emergency vehicle shall receive the crash data from connected vehicles involved in a crash.
12The emergency vehicle shall receive the HAZMAT information from commercial vehicles involved in a crash.
2The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall send the vehicle's location and operational data to the center for emergency management and dispatch.
3The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall receive incident details and a suggested route when dispatched to a scene.
4The emergency vehicle shall send the current en route status (including estimated time of arrival) and requests for emergency dispatch updates.
5The emergency vehicle shall send requests to traffic signal control equipment at the roadside to preempt the signal.
6The emergency vehicle shall provide the personnel on–board with dispatch information, including incident type and location, and forward an acknowledgment from personnel to the center that the vehicle is on its way to the incident scene.
7The emergency vehicle shall send patient status information to the care facility along with a request for further information.
8The emergency vehicle shall forward care facility status information to emergency vehicle personnel, including the location, specialized services, quality of care, waiting time, number of rooms available, and emergency room status of hospitals or emergency care providers.
9The emergency vehicle shall send the vehicle's location, speed and direction to other vehicles in the area.