Physical Object: Traffic Management Center

TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination

Overview

'TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination' formulates and manages an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and resources required for incident management. It provides information to support dispatch and routing of emergency response and service vehicles as well as coordination with other cooperating agencies. It provides access to traffic management resources that provide surveillance of the incident, traffic control in the surrounding area, and support for the incident response. It monitors the incident response and collects performance measures such as incident response and clearance times.

This functional object is included in the "Traffic Management Center" 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 center shall exchange alert information and status with emergency management centers. The information includes notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public. The information may include 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 may also identify specific information that should not be released to the public.
02 The center shall coordinate planning for incidents with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities for disaster response, evacuation, and recovery operations.
03 The center shall support requests from emergency management centers to remotely control sensor and surveillance equipment located in the field, provide special routing for emergency vehicles, and to provide responding emergency vehicles with signal preemption.
04 The center shall exchange incident information with emergency management centers, maintenance and construction centers, transit centers, information service providers, and the media including description, location, traffic impact, status, expected duration, and response information.
05 The center shall share resources with allied agency centers to implement special traffic control measures, assist in clean up, verify an incident, etc. This may also involve coordination with maintenance centers.
06 The center shall receive inputs concerning upcoming events that would effect the traffic network from event promoters, traveler information service providers, media, border crossings, and rail operations centers.
07 The center shall provide road network conditions and traffic images to emergency management centers, maintenance and construction centers, and traveler information service providers.
08 The center shall monitor incident response performance and calculate incident response and clearance times.
09 The center shall exchange road network status assessment information with emergency management and maintenance centers including an assessment of damage sustained by the road network including location and extent of the damage, estimate of remaining capacity, required closures, alternate routes, necessary restrictions, and time frame for repair and recovery.
10 The center shall coordinate information and controls with other traffic management centers.
11 The center shall receive inputs from emergency management and transit management centers to develop an overall status of the transportation system including emergency transit schedules in effect and current status and condition of the transportation infrastructure.

Information Flows

Source Flow Destination
Border Inspection System border incident information Traffic Management Center
Border Inspection System remote surveillance control Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center alert notification Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center emergency plan coordination Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center emergency route request Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center emergency traffic control request Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center incident information Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center incident response status Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center remote surveillance control Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center resource deployment status Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center resource request Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center special vehicle restricted use information Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center threat information Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center transportation system status Traffic Management Center
Event Promoter System event plans Traffic Management Center
Maint and Constr Management Center incident information Traffic Management Center
Maint and Constr Management Center maint and constr resource response Traffic Management Center
Maint and Constr Management Center road network status assessment Traffic Management Center
Maint and Constr Management Center roadway maintenance status Traffic Management Center
Media external reports Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers emergency traffic coordination Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers incident information Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers road network conditions Traffic Management Center
Traffic Management Center border incident information Border Inspection System
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Border Inspection System
Traffic Management Center traffic images Border Inspection System
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Commercial Vehicle Administration Center
Traffic Management Center alert status Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center emergency plan coordination Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center emergency routes Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center emergency traffic control information Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center incident information Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center incident response status Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center resource deployment status Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center resource request Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network status assessment Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Emissions Management Center
Traffic Management Center event confirmation Event Promoter System
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Fleet and Freight Management Center
Traffic Management Center video surveillance control ITS Roadway Equipment
Traffic Management Center incident information Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center maint and constr resource request Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network status assessment Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Media
Traffic Management Center traffic images Media
Traffic Management Center traffic information for media Media
Traffic Management Center emergency traffic coordination Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center incident information Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center traffic images Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center traffic operator data Traffic Operations Personnel
Traffic Management Center incident information Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center incident information for public Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Transportation Information Center
Traffic Operations Personnel traffic operator input Traffic Management Center

Standards

The following table lists the standards associated with the functional object itself (as opposed to standards associated with an interface).

Name Title
NEMA TS 8 Cyber and Physical Security Cyber and Physical Security for Intelligent Transportation Systems