This equipment package monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies and uses this information to identify potential, imminent, or in-progress major incidents or disasters. Notification is provided to other equipment packages that provide the emergency response, including public notification using ITS traveler information systems, where appropriate.
Included In:
Aggie Shuttle Dispatch
City of Las Cruces Traffic Operations Center
Dona Ana County Flood Commission Water Level Monitoring Systems
Dona Ana County/City of Las Cruces Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
EBID Water Level Monitoring Systems
Gadsden Ind/Hatch Valley Municipal School District Dispatch
Las Cruces Public School District Dispatch
Local Transit Dispatch
MVRDA Communications Center
New Mexico National Guard Command System
NM DPS District 4 Dispatch Center
NM Motor Transport Division (MTD) District Offices
NMDOT District 1 HELP Courtesy Patrol Dispatch
NMDOT District 1 TOC
NMDOT Park and Ride Dispatch
NMSU Emergency Dispatch Center
NMSU Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
RoadRUNNER Fixed Route Dispatch System
RoadRUNNER Paratransit Dispatch Center
South Central RTD Operations Center
Functional Requirements
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The center shall monitor information from Alerting and Advisory Systems such as the Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs), the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), etc. The information may include assessments (general incident and vulnerability awareness information), advisories (identification of threats or recommendations to increase preparedness levels), or alerts (information on imminent or in-progress emergencies). 2 -
The center shall provide the capability to correlate alerts and advisories, incident information, and security sensor and surveillance data. 3 -
The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traffic management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property. 4 -
The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to transit management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property. 5 -
The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to toll administration centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property. 6 -
The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traveler information service providers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property. 7 -
The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to maintenance centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property. 8 -
The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to other emergency management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property. 9 -
The center shall process status information from each of the centers that have been sent the wide-area alert. 10 -
The center shall coordinate the broadcast of wide-area alerts and advisories with other emergency management centers. 11 -
The center shall receive incident information from other transportation management centers to support the early warning system. 12 -
The center shall present the alert and advisory information and the status of the actions taken in response to the alert by the other centers to the emergency system operator as received from other system inputs. 13 -
The center shall support the entry of alert and advisory information directly from the emergency system operator.
