Local Public Safety Agencies
Description: Local Public Safety Agencies are responsible for providing public safety in the forms of police, fire and EMS throughout the Culpeper District Operations Area.
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Commercial Vehicle Operations for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
- Receive and respond to Mayday messages from vehicles and drivers.
Data Management for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
Emergency Management for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
- Provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among public safety agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
- Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
- Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
- Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
- Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
- Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
- Plan strategically for emergency response.
- Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
- Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
- Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
- Route public safety vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival either based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or request routes from the traffic management center.
- Plan and coordinate evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety.
- Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
- Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
- Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
- Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
Freeway Management for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
Incident Management for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
- Plan strategically for emergency response.
- Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
- Provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among public safety agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
Maintenance and Construction for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
- Plan strategically for emergency response.
- Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
- Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
Surface Street Management for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
Transit Services for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
- Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
- Plan strategically for emergency response.
- Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
- Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
- Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
- Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
- Collect and respond to silent and audible alarms received from travelers in secure areas (such as transit stops, rest areas, park-and-ride lots) and from on-board transit vehicles.
Traveler Information for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
Weather for VDOT Culpeper District ITS Architecture
Last Updated 3/4/2025
