5.1.7.4: Manage Alarms

The process shall manage silent and audible alarms received from traveler secure areas (such as transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, etc.) and from on-board transit vehicles. The process shall receive the alarm from the traveler or transit vehicle operator. The process shall output the alarm to an emergency operator interface and to other emergency management processes for reporting and response coordination. The process shall generate and output a silent or audible alarm acknowledge to the source of the alarm. The process shall receive from the emergency operator interface responses (e.g. actions being taken by the emergency organization or actions the traveler should take) and requests (e.g. for additional information from the traveler) and forward the responses to the source of the alarm.

This process is associated with the Emergency Management Center physical object.

This process is associated with the following functional objects:

• Emergency Secure Area Alarm Support

This process is associated with the following data flows:

• on_board_traveler_alarm_response
• secure_area_traveler_alarm_response
• secure_transit_vehicle_alarm_acknowledge
• secure_transit_vehicle_alarm_request
• silent_and_audible_alarm_acknowledge
• silent_and_audible_alarm_data
• silent_and_audible_alarm_request
• silent_and_audible_alarm_response
• transit_vehicle_location_for_alarms
• traveler_alarm_acknowledge
• traveler_alarm_request