Physical Object: Emergency Vehicle OBE

EV On-Board Incident Management Communication

Overview

'EV On-board Incident Management Communication' provides communications support to first responders. Information about the incident, information on dispatched resources, and ancillary information such as road and weather conditions are provided to emergency personnel. Emergency personnel transmit information about the incident such as identification of vehicles and people involved, the extent of injuries, hazardous material, resources on site, site management strategies in effect, and current clearance status. Emergency personnel may also send in-vehicle signing messages to approaching traffic using short range communications.

This functional object is included in the "Emergency Vehicle OBE" physical object.

This functional object is included in the following service packages:

This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:

Requirements

# Requirement
01 The emergency vehicle shall receive dispatch instructions sufficient to enable emergency personnel in the field to implement an effective incident response. It includes local traffic, road, and weather conditions, hazardous material information, and the current status of resources that have been allocated to an incident.
02 The emergency vehicle shall provide an interface to the center for emergency personnel to transmit information about the incident site such as the extent of injuries, identification of vehicles and people involved, hazardous material, etc.
03 The emergency vehicle shall provide an interface to the center for emergency personnel to transmit information about the current incident response status such as the identification of the resources on site, site management strategies in effect, and current clearance status.
04 The emergency vehicle shall receive container manifest and status of the electronic seal on a container.
05 The emergency vehicle shall inspect the electronic seal on a container to verify the container has not been opened or tampered with.
06 The vehicle shall collect vehicle occupants’ electronic medical records to support emergency dispatch and staging of personnel and equipment.
07 The emergency vehicle shall exchange information with other emergency vehicles to support the decision making and overall incident response.
08 The emergency vehicle shall provide nearby vehicles with information related to active incident management activities that require cooperation from surrounding traffic.

Information Flows

Source Flow Destination
Care Facility medical records Emergency Vehicle OBE
Emergency Management Center decision support information Emergency Vehicle OBE
Emergency Personnel emergency personnel input Emergency Vehicle OBE
Emergency Vehicle OBE medical records request Care Facility
Emergency Vehicle OBE incident scene images Emergency Management Center
Emergency Vehicle OBE incident scene status Emergency Management Center
Emergency Vehicle OBE patient transport status Emergency Management Center
Emergency Vehicle OBE emergency personnel information presentation Emergency Personnel
Emergency Vehicle OBE container seal interrogation Freight Equipment
Emergency Vehicle OBE decision support information Other EV OBEs
Emergency Vehicle OBE incident scene images Other EV OBEs
Emergency Vehicle OBE incident scene status Other EV OBEs
Emergency Vehicle OBE decision support information Personnel Device
Emergency Vehicle OBE incident scene images Personnel Device
Emergency Vehicle OBE incident scene status Personnel Device
Emergency Vehicle OBE vehicle signage data Vehicle
Freight Equipment container manifest Emergency Vehicle OBE
Freight Equipment container seal status Emergency Vehicle OBE
Other EV OBEs decision support information Emergency Vehicle OBE
Other EV OBEs incident scene images Emergency Vehicle OBE
Other EV OBEs incident scene status Emergency Vehicle OBE
Personnel Device decision support information Emergency Vehicle OBE
Personnel Device incident scene images Emergency Vehicle OBE
Personnel Device incident scene status Emergency Vehicle OBE
Personnel Device personnel location Emergency Vehicle OBE

Standards

Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.