Emergency Management

The NOVA region's public safety, emergency management, and other allied agency systems support incident management, disaster response and evacuation, security monitoring, and other security and public safety-oriented ITS applications. These systems includes the functions associated with fixed and mobile public safety communications centers including public safety call taker and dispatch centers operated by police (including transit police), fire, and emergency medical services. It includes the functions associated with Emergency Operations Centers that are activated at local, regional, state, and federal levels for emergencies and the portable and transportable systems that support Incident Command System operations at an incident. VDOT NOVA and VDOT Central Office manages sensor and surveillance equipment used to enhance transportation security of the roadway infrastructure (including bridges, tunnels, interchanges, and other key roadway segments) while transit agencies manage surveillance equipment on the public transportation system (including transit vehicles, public areas such as transit stops and stations, facilities such as transit yards, and transit infrastructure such as rail, bridges, tunnels, or bus guideways). Various regional agencies including VSP monitor alerts, advisories, and other threat information and prepare for and respond to identified emergencies. Coordinated emergency response involving multiple agencies is done through a regional set-up involving CapWIN, CapCOM, federal law enforcement agencies (FBI, Secret Service etc).

Service Packages

• PS03: Emergency Vehicle Preemption
• PS01: Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch
• PS08: Roadway Service Patrols
• PS09: Transportation Infrastructure Protection
• PS10: Wide-Area Alert
• PS11: Early Warning System
• PS12: Disaster Response and Recovery
• PS13: Evacuation and Reentry Management
• PS14: Disaster Traveler Information

Stakeholders

• National Park Service/United States Park Police (NPS/USPP)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Interface with other transportation agencies to support coordinated emergency response invovling multiple agencies on BW Parkway and other NPS facilities in the DC-MD-VA region



• Virginia State Police

Roles and Responsibilities

• Conduct offensive operations to mitigate a hazardous material emergency
• Coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses as a risk to security
• Performs receiving mayday messages and security alarms, determines an appropriate response, and either uses internal resources or contacts a local agency to provide that response
• Provide emergency response plans or event plans
• Supports coordination of evacuation plans among federal state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation



• Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses as a risk to security
• Interface with other transportation management agencies to support coordinated emergency response involving multiple agencies
• Maintain centralized emergency management system
• Monitors and detects potential, looming and actual disasters including natural and man-made disasters
• Provide emergency response plans or event plans
• Receive mayday messages and security alarms, determines an appropriate response, and either uses internal resources or contacts a local agency to provide that response
• Supports coordination of evacuation plans among federal state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation



• Maryland Public Safety and Emergency Management

Roles and Responsibilities

• Interface with other transportation agencies to support coordinated emergency response invovling multiple agencies
• Provide emergency response plans or event plans
• Supports the coordination of ecavuation plans among federal, state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation
• Track and manage emergency vehicle fleets using AVL technology and two way communications with vehicle fleet



• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Performs receiving Mayday messages and security alarms, determines an appropriate response and either uses internal resources or contacts a local agency to provide the response



• Eastern Transportation Coalition

Roles and Responsibilities

• Interface with other transportation agencies to support coordinated emergency response invovling multiple agencies
• Supports coordination of evacuation plans among federal state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation



• Media

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide disaster and emergency traveler information including alerts, and advisories through television, and FM radio broadcasts



• Local Public Safety Agencies

Roles and Responsibilities

• Interface with other transportation agencies to support coordinated emergency response invovling multiple agencies
• Provide emergency response plans or event plans
• Supports the coordination of ecavuation plans among federal, state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation
• Track and manage emergency vehicle fleets using AVL technology and two way communications with vehicle fleet



• Local Transit Agencies

Roles and Responsibilities

• Notify travelers of emergency schedule information and fares
• Provide emergency transit service for evacuation and major emergencies



• VDOT Northern District Operations

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses as a risk to security
• Interface with other transportation management agencies to support coordinated emergency response involving multiple agencies
• Supports coordination of evacuation plans among federal state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation



• DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Roles and Responsibilities

• Conduct offensive operations to mitigate a hazardous material emergency
• Coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses as a risk to security
• Interface with other transportation management agencies to support coordinated emergency response involving multiple agencies
• Maintain centralized emergency management system
• Monitors and detects potential, looming and actual disasters including natural and man-made disasters
• Provide emergency response plans or event plans
• Receive mayday messages and security alarms, determines an appropriate response, and either uses internal resources or contacts a local agency to provide that response
• Recieve landline public safety calls and forward to appropriate dispatch center
• Supports coordination of evacuation plans among federal state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation



• Local Traffic Agencies

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop, propose and implement emergency control strategies during major emergencies (all signals on blink, contraflow etc)
• Supports the coordination of ecavuation plans among federal, state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation



• Federal Agencies

Roles and Responsibilities

• Create/Store and utilize emergency/incident response plans to facilitate coordinated response
• Monitor and dectect potential, looming and actual disasters including natural and man-made disasters



• Shelter Provider

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide shelter and medical care during natural and man-made disasters



• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Conduct offensive operations to mitigate a hazardous material emergency
• Create/Store and utilize emergency/incident response plans to facilitate coordinated response
• Maintain centralized emergency management system
• Monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected in secure areas inclduing those freqented by travelers and those typically away from travelers ( tunnels, bridges, roadway infrastructure etc)
• Provide security for public facilities owned by agency
• Supports the coordination of ecavuation plans among federal, state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation
• Use real-time traffic information recevied from other transportation agencies to aid the dispatcher in selecting the emergency vehicles and routes that will provide a timely response