VSP Mobile Unified Command Center
Status:
Existing
Definition:
This element represents a command structure that allows several agencies to coordinate their activities for major incidents (incidents that closed two or more lanes and/or last longer than two hours).
Stakeholder:
Systems Interconnected
with the VSP Mobile Unified Command Center
Interconnect
Diagram
Diagram
Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:
- VSP Mobile Unified Command Center
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel TOC - VSP Mobile Unified Command Center Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers
- VSP Mobile Unified Command Center Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMBT) SSP Vehicles
- VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT ERO TOC/ATMS
- VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT Hampton Roads District Maintenance and Construction Residencies
- VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT Hampton Roads SSP Vehicles
- VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VSP Center
- VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VSP Vehicles
Architecture Flows
to/from the VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:
VSP Mobile Unified Command Center 
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel TOC Hampton Roads Local Public Safety Centers Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMBT) SSP Vehicles VDOT ERO TOC/ATMS VDOT Hampton Roads District Maintenance and Construction Residencies VDOT Hampton Roads SSP Vehicles VSP Center VSP VehiclesVSP Mobile Unified Command CenterVSP Mobile Unified Command CenterVSP Mobile Unified Command CenterVSP Mobile Unified Command CenterVSP Mobile Unified Command CenterVSP Mobile Unified Command CenterVSP Mobile Unified Command CenterNational ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:
- Archived Data User System Terminator
- Emergency Management Center Subsystem
- Traffic Management Center Subsystem
National ITS Architecture Services
associated with VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:
- PS01 - Emergency Routing - VSP -- (Graphic)
- PS01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - VSP -- (Graphic)
- PS03 - Emergency Vehicle Preemption - VSP -- (Graphic)
National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:
Emergency Data Collection
- The 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.
- The center shall collect emergency service data, emergency vehicle management data, emergency vehicle data, sensor and surveillance data, threat data, and incident data.
- The center shall monitor information from Alerting and Advisory Systems such as the Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs), the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), etc. The information may include assessments (general incident and vulnerability awareness information), advisories (identification of threats or recommendations to increase preparedness levels), or alerts (information on imminent or in-progress emergencies).
- The center shall provide the capability to correlate alerts and advisories, incident information, and security sensor and surveillance data.
- The center shall receive incident information from other transportation management centers to support the early warning system.
- The center shall present the alert and advisory information and the status of the actions taken in response to the alert by the other centers to the emergency system operator as received from other system inputs.
- The center shall support the entry of alert and advisory information directly from the emergency system operator.
- The center shall receive status information from care facilities to determine the appropriate facility and its location.
- The center shall provide the capability to request special traffic control measures, such as signal preemption, from the traffic management center to facilitate emergency vehicle progress along the suggested route.
- The emergency call-taking center shall update the incident information log once the emergency system operator has verified the incident.
- The emergency call-taking center shall coordinate, correlate, and verify all emergency inputs, including those identified based on external calls and internal analysis of security sensor and surveillance data, and assign each a level of confidence.
- The emergency call-taking center shall receive emergency notification information from other public safety agencies and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
- The emergency call-taking center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.
- The center shall request resources from transit agencies as needed to support the evacuation.
- The center shall provide an interface to the emergency system operator to enter evacuation plans and procedures and present the operator with other agencies’ plans.
- The center shall coordinate evacuation destinations and shelter needs with shelter providers (e.g., the American Red Cross) in the region.
- The center shall provide evacuation information to traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, rail operations, and other emergency management centers as needed.
- The center shall monitor the progress or status of the evacuation once it begins and exchange tactical plans, prepared during the incident, with allied agencies.
- The center shall request traffic management agencies to implement special traffic control strategies and to control evacuation traffic, including traffic on local streets and arterials as well as the major evacuation routes.
- The center shall manage inter-agency coordination of evacuation operations, from initial planning through the evacuation process and reentry.
- The center shall track the availability of resources and coordinate resource sharing with allied agency centers including traffic, maintenance, or other emergency centers.
- The center shall allocate the appropriate emergency services, resources, and vehicle (s) to respond to incidents, and shall provide the capability to override the current allocation to suit the special needs of a current incident.
- The center shall receive event scheduling information from Event Promoters.
- The center shall provide information to the media concerning the status of an emergency response.
- The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to provide inputs to the management of incidents, disasters and evacuations.
- The center shall collect information about the status of the recovery efforts for the infrastructure during disasters.
- The center shall assimilate the damage assessment of the transit, traffic, rail, maintenance, and other emergency center services and systems to create an overall transportation system status, and disseminate to each of these centers and the traveling public via traveler information providers.
- The center shall provide the capability to communicate information about emergency situations to local population through the Emergency Telecommunications System.
- The center shall provide the capability to identify neighborhoods and businesses that should be informed of an emergency situation based on information collected about incidents including their severity, impacted locations, and recovery schedule.
- The center shall provide the overall status of infrastructure recovery efforts to traveler information providers and media.
- The center shall develop, coordinate with other agencies, and store emergency response plans.
- The center shall provide strategic emergency response capabilities provided by an Emergency Operations Center for large-scale incidents and disasters.
- The center shall manage coordinated inter-agency responses to and recovery from large-scale emergencies. Such agencies include traffic management, transit, maintenance and construction management, rail operations, and other emergency management agencies.
- The center shall provide the capability to implement response plans and track progress through the incident by exchanging incident information and response status with allied agencies.
- The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
- The center shall provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for first responders to support local management of an incident.
- The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.
- The center shall track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
- The center shall share incident command information with other public safety agencies including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, rail incident information, evacuation advice as well as traffic, road, and weather conditions.
- The center shall coordinate response to incidents with other Emergency Management centers to ensure appropriate resources are dispatched and utilized.
- The center shall receive traffic images to support dispatch of emergency vehicles.
- The center shall relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.
- The center shall dispatch emergency vehicles to respond to verified emergencies under center personnel control.
- The center shall store and maintain the emergency service responses in an action log.
- The center shall track the location and status of emergency vehicles responding to an emergency based on information from the emergency vehicle.
- The center shall store the current status of all emergency vehicles available for dispatch and those that have been dispatched.
- The center shall provide the road and weather warning and advisories to the emergency responders.
- The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information to support incident management.
- The center shall collect asset restrictions information from roadway maintenance operations.
- The center shall collect current and forecast road and weather information from weather service providers (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services).
- The center shall receive emergency notification information from commercial vehicles, commercial vehicle check stations, or commercial fleet operators and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator. This may include detection of non-permitted transport of security sensitive hazmat, hazardous cargo spills, etc.
- The center shall receive details of the cargo being carried by commercial vehicles from their commercial fleet manager for incidents involving potential hazardous materials.
- The center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.