This equipment package supports routing of emergency vehicles and enlists support from the Traffic Management Subsystem to facilitate travel along these routes. Routes may be determined by this equipment package based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or routes may be provided by the Traffic Management Subsystem on request.
Included In:
Arkansas Highway Police Dispatch
County EMS Dispatch
Fort Smith EMS Dispatch
Fort Smith Police Communications Center
Municipal Public Safety Dispatch
Public/Private Ambulance Dispatch
Van Buren EMS Dispatch
Van Buren Police/Fire Dispatch
Functional Requirements
1 -
The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information from traffic management centers for emergency vehicle route calculation. 2 -
The center shall receive inputs from traffic management and maintenance centers on the location and status of traffic control equipment and work zones along potential emergency routes. 3 -
The center shall receive status information from care facilities to determine the appropriate facility and its location. 4 -
The center shall receive asset restriction information from maintenance centers to support the dispatching of appropriate emergency resources. 5 -
The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on information from traffic management and maintenance centers. 6 -
The center shall request and receive ingress and egress routes or other specialized emergency access routes from the traffic management center. 7 -
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. 8 -
Once the route is calculated the route shall be provided to the dispatch function. 9 -
The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.
