The following are the roles and responsibilities, by functional area or by project, for CT DESPP.
Functional Area or Project |
Roles and Responsibilities |
Status |
Emergency Management |
Perform incident detection and verification for highways in the region. |
Planned |
Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting for the regional incident and mutual aid network. |
Planned |
Support the coordination of regional emergency plans; evacuation and reentry plans; and disaster management plans. |
Planned |
Dispatch CSP vehicles to incidents in the jurisdiction. |
Existing |
Receive early warning information and threat information from EOCs/warning points. |
Planned |
Coordinate incident response and incident reports with the fire/EMS agencies, EOCs, local police/fire/EMS agencies, and other public safety agencies. |
Planned |
Incident Management |
Perform incident detection and verification for all state-operated roadways in the region, and provide this information to traffic management and other public safety agencies. |
Planned |
Dispatch CSP vehicles for incidents on state-operated roadways. |
Existing |
Receive emergency calls from motorist aid call boxes along state-operated roadways. |
Existing |
Coordinate operations with traffic management agencies during scheduled events. |
Planned |
Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incidents with local PWDs and the CTDOT District 1, District 2 and District 4 maintenance system. |
Planned |
Coordinate incident response with municipal public safety agencies; traffic management agencies; and CTDOT, as appropriate. |
Planned |
Provide incident information to traffic management and public safety agencies. |
Planned |