Emergency Management for VDOT Staunton District ITS Architecture

Service Packages

• PS02: Emergency Response
• PS10: Wide-Area Alert
• PS11: Early Warning System
• PS12: Disaster Response and Recovery
• PS13: Evacuation and Reentry Management
• PS14: Disaster Traveler Information
• PS03: Emergency Vehicle Preemption - Staunton District
• PS03: Emergency Vehicle Preemption - VSP
• PS01: Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - Staunton District
• PS01: Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - VSP
• PS01: Emergency Routing - Staunton District
• PS01: Emergency Routing - VSP
• PS08: Roadway Service Patrols - Staunton District

Stakeholders

• Local Public Safety Agencies

Roles and Responsibilities

• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.



• Local Transit Agencies

Roles and Responsibilities

• Alert operators, travelers, and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
• Authenticate transit vehicle operators.
• Coordinate schedules with other agencies and modes, including transit transfer cluster and transfer point information.
• Disable a transit vehicle remotely when required.
• Monitor transit vehicle operator or traveler activated alarms.
• Provide interactive traveler information including routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, yellow pages, and special events to travelers (on-board transit vehicles, at stops/stations
• Support evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency.



• VDOT Central Office

Roles and Responsibilities

• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
• Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
• Monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies in order to identify potential, imminent, or in-progress major incidents or 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.
• 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 and coordinate evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.



• VDOT NWRO Region

Roles and Responsibilities

• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
• Manage and support routine maintenance on the roadway or right-of-way including landscape maintenance, hazard removal (roadway debris, dead animals), routine maintenance activities (roadway cleaning, grass cutting), and repair and maintenance of both ITS
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
• 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.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Support coordinated response to incidents.



• Video Clearinghouses

Roles and Responsibilities

• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).