Physical Object: Emergency Management Center
Emergency Environmental Monitoring
Overview
'Emergency Environmental Monitoring' collects current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator and used to more effectively manage incidents.
This functional object is included in the "Emergency Management Center" physical object.
This functional object is included in the following service packages:
- PS01: Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch
- PS11: Early Warning System
- WX02: Weather Information Processing and Distribution
This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:
Requirements
| # | Requirement |
|---|---|
| 01 | The center shall collect current and forecast road and weather information from weather service providers (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services). |
| 02 | The center shall collect road network conditions data, including advisories, from traffic management and traveler information centers. |
| 03 | The center shall collect asset restrictions information from roadway maintenance operations. |
| 04 | The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information to support incident management. |
| 05 | The center shall provide the road and weather warning and advisories to the emergency responders. |
Information Flows
Standards
Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.