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VSP Mobile Unified Command Center

Status:

Existing

Definition:

This element represents a virtual command center 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:

Virginia State Police

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:

• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center DC Homeland Security and Emergency Centers
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOC
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center Maryland Local Public Safety Centers
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center NRO Local Public Safety Centers
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT MPSTOC SSP Vehicles
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT NOVA District Construction Management
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT NOVA District Maintenance
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC/ATMS
• VSP Mobile Unified Command Center WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center

Architecture Flows
to/from the VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center DC Homeland Security and Emergency Centers

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• threat information coordination

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOC

• alert notification coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• resource deployment status


• resource request


• transportation system status

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center Maryland Local Public Safety Centers

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• resource request


• road network conditions


• road network status assessment


• threat information coordination


• transportation system status

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center NRO Local Public Safety Centers

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident report


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• threat information coordination


• transportation system status

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT MPSTOC SSP Vehicles

• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT NOVA District Construction Management

• closure data

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT NOVA District Maintenance

• closure data

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC/ATMS

• evacuation coordination


• evacuation information


• incident information for public


• incident report


• incident response coordination

VSP Mobile Unified Command Center WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center

• emergency traffic control information


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource deployment status


• resource request


• road network conditions


• road network status assessment


• traffic images

DC Homeland Security and Emergency CentersVSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• threat information coordination

Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOCVSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident report


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• transportation system status

Maryland Local Public Safety CentersVSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• resource deployment status


• resource request


• threat information


• threat information coordination


• transportation system status

NRO Local Public Safety CentersVSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• alert notification coordination


• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident report


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• threat information coordination


• transportation system status

VDOT MPSTOC SSP VehiclesVSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination

VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC/ATMSVSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• evacuation coordination


• evacuation information


• incident information

WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control CenterVSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• emergency traffic control request


• evacuation information


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• red light running system data


• remote surveillance control


• resource deployment status


• resource request


• threat information

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:

• Emergency Management Center Subsystem
• Traffic Management Center Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:

• PS01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - VSP-2 -- (Graphic)
• PS01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - VSP -- (Graphic)
• PS03 - Emergency Vehicle Preemption - VSP -- (Graphic)
• PS09 - Region-wide Transportation Infrastructure Protection -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with VSP Mobile Unified Command Center:

Emergency Evacuation Support

1. The center shall monitor the progress of the reentry process.
2. 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.
3. 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.

TMC Evacuation Support

1. The center shall coordinate evacuation information and controls with other traffic management centers.
2. The center shall coordinate execution of evacuation strategies with emergency management centers - including activities such as setting closures and detours, establishing routes, updating areas to be evacuated, timing the process, etc.

Emergency Incident Command

1. The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
2. The center shall provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for first responders to support local management of an incident.
3. The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.
4. The center shall track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
5. 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.