5.3: Manage Emergency Vehicles

This page shows the collection of processes that make up the Manage Emergency Vehicles facility within the Manage Emergency Services function. These processes dispatch the appropriate emergency vehicles to the incident and monitor their status. The Vehicle type is selected to suit the incident. Status of vehicles are monitored at all times to determine availability. Routes are generated for vehicles to get to incidents. Vehicle preemption along routes and at intersections is provided via the Manage Traffic function. Remote control of roadway barriers/gates from the vehicle is supported as is processing of emergency requests directly from stranded vehicles.

There are 9 processes defined as Process Specifications (PSpecs) in this collection:

1) Select Response Mode (5.3.1);
2) Dispatch Vehicle (5.3.2);
3) Provide Emergency Vehicle Location (5.3.3);
4) Assess Response Status (5.3.4);
5) Provide Emergency Personnel Interface (5.3.5);
6) Maintain Vehicle Status (5.3.6);
7) Provide Emergency Vehicle Route (5.3.7);
8) Control Barrier Systems from Emergency Vehicle (5.3.8);
9) Process Mobile Emergency Requests (5.3.9).