| Functional Area: Emergency Dispatch |
- The center shall dispatch emergency vehicles to respond to verified emergencies under center personnel control.
- The center shall store the current status of all emergency vehicles available for dispatch and those that have been dispatched.
- The center shall relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.
- The center shall track the location and status of emergency vehicles responding to an emergency based on information from the emergency vehicle.
- The center shall store and maintain the emergency service responses in an action log.
- The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.
- The center shall receive traffic images to support dispatch of emergency vehicles.
- The center shall provide the capability to request remote control of traffic surveillance devices
- The center shall coordinate response to incidents with other Emergency Management centers to ensure appropriate resources are dispatched and utilized.
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| Functional Area: Emergency Routing |
- The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation.
- The center shall receive information on the location and status of traffic control equipment and work zones along potential emergency routes.
- The center shall receive status information from care facilities to determine the appropriate facility and its location.
- The center shall receive asset restriction information to support the dispatching of appropriate emergency resources.
- The center shall receive current railroad schedule information for emergency vehicle route calculation.
- The center shall track current emergency vehicle location and status.
- The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on the collected traffic and road conditions information.
- The center shall request and receive ingress and egress routes or other specialized emergency access routes from the traffic management center.
- 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.
- Once the route is calculated the route shall be provided to the dispatch function.
- The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.
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