Interface: DPS Communications To Municipal Public Safety Dispatch

alert notification   (Future)  

Notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public. The flow identifies the alert originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. This flow may also identify specific information that should not be released to the public.

 

alert status   (Future)  

Information indicating the current status of the emergency alert including identification of the traveler and driver information systems that are being used to provide the alert.

 

incident report   (Future)  

Report of an identified incident including incident location, type, severity and other information necessary to initiate an appropriate incident response.

 

incident response coordination   (Future)  

Incident response procedures and current incident response status that are shared between allied response agencies to support a coordinated response to incidents. This flow provides current situation information, including a summary of incident status and its impact on the transportation system and other infrastructure, and current and planned response activities. This flow also coordinates a positive hand off of responsibility for all or part of an incident response between agencies.