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Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP)

Definition:

Tennessee Highway Patrol. State law enforcement agency that enforces traffic safety laws as well as commercial vehicle regulations.

Inventory Elements:

• THP Dispatch

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• None defined

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• None defined

Electronic Toll Collection for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
• 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.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• 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.
• Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.

Freeway Management for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.

Incident Management for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• 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.

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.

Traveler Information for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• None defined