The following are the roles and responsibilities, by functional area or by project, for Bernalillo County Public Safety.
Functional Area or Project |
Roles and Responsibilities |
Status |
Bernalillo County Interconnect to City of ABQ Roles and Responsibilities |
Perform incident detection and verification for the streets within the county, and provide this information to the regional TMCs. |
Planned |
Emergency Management |
Provide evacuation, incident, and transportation system status information to regional public information systems. |
Planned |
Aide in the coordination of region wide emergency plans, evacuation and reentry plans, and disaster management plans. |
Planned |
Receive early warning information and threat information from the statewide EOC and/or the department of homeland security. |
Planned |
Operate the County EOC. |
Planned |
Receive Wide Area Alert information from the Statewide EOC and the Regional EOCs. |
Planned |
Receive Amber Alert and other Wide Area Alert information from state police. |
Planned |
Perform incident detection and verification for streets within the counties of the Region. |
Planned |
Coordinate with all other public safety agencies within the Region. |
Planned |
Receive local signal preemption from City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County signals. |
Existing |
Coordinate with regional hospitals for patient care and status. |
Planned |
Dispatch county and city public safety vehicles (and track their location) |
Planned |
Participates in the incident response, coordination, and reporting of the Regional Communications Network in a coordination effort only (no dispatch function). |
Planned |
Incident Management - Emergency |
Dispatch City of Rio Rancho Police and Fire vehicles to incidents in the City of Rio Rancho. |
Planned |
Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incident with the County. |
Planned |
Coordinate an incident response with regional rail operations for incidents involving rail. |
Planned |
Perform incident detection and verification for the streets within the county, and provide this information to the regional TMCs. |
Planned |
Dispatch the County's sheriff vehicles (and track their location) and fire and EMS vehicles as well as coordinate with all other public safety agencies within the region. |
Planned |
Receive emergency calls for incidents within the county. |
Planned |
ITS Incident Management and Signal Operations Enhancements Roles and Responsibilities |
Participates in the incident response, coordination, and reporting of the Regional Communications Network in a coordination effort only (no dispatch function). |
Planned |
Coordinate an incident response with regional rail operations for incidents involving rail. |
Planned |