Emergency Management for Virginia ER ITS Architecture

• Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
• 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.
• Roadside collection of tolls from vehicle toll tags and violation identification.
• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
• Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• 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.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.

• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).

• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.

• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.

• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.

• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify 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.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).

• 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.
• Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.

• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.

• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
• Gather dispatch and routing information from an emergency vehicle using on-board equipment for vehicle tracking and communications with care facilities.
• Request signal preemption via short range communication directly from the emergency vehicle to the traffic control equipment on the roadside.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
• Route public safety vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival either based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or request routes from the traffic management center.
• 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.
• Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.

• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).

• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.

• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• 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 and non-ITS equipment.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• 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.
• Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• 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.
• 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.
• Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
• Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Support coordinated response to incidents.
• Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• 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.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• 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.
• 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.
• Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.

• Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
• 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.
• Gather dispatch and routing information from an emergency vehicle using on-board equipment for vehicle tracking and communications with care facilities.
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• Request signal preemption via short range communication directly from the emergency vehicle to the traffic control equipment on the roadside.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• 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.
• 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.
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
• Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Operate and maintain barrier systems such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Operate barrier systems remotely such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
• Dispatch and communication with roadway service patrol vehicles that monitor roads to aid motorists, offering rapid response to minor incidents.
• Roadside collection of tolls from vehicle toll tags and violation identification.
• Route public safety vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival either based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or request routes from the traffic management center.
• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
• Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.

• Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.
• Support coordinated response to incidents.
• 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 and non-ITS equipment.

• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
• 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.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.

• Request signal preemption via short range communication directly from the emergency vehicle to the traffic control equipment on the roadside.
• Route public safety vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival either based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or request routes from the traffic management center.
• Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
• Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• 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.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Gather dispatch and routing information from an emergency vehicle using on-board equipment for vehicle tracking and communications with care facilities.
• Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• 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.
• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
• 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.