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NRO Local Public Safety Centers - Inventory Element

Status: Existing

Definition:

These centers are responsible for providing public safety in the form of police, fire and 911 call taking for the various counties in the state of Virginia. Examples are Arlington County Police and Fire, Arlington County Sheriff's Office, Arlington County ECC, City of Fredericksburg Public Safety Agencies, Loudoun County Public Safety Agencies, Spotsylvania County Public Safety Agencies, Stafford County Public Safety Agencies, Caroline County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management, Westmoreland County Sheriff, Herndon Police Department, Fairfax County Police and Fire, Leesburg Police Department, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue, Manassas Police Department, Prince William County Police and Fire, Fairfax City Police and Fire, Falls Church Police and Fire, City of Alexandria Police and Fire, Loudoun Sheriff, and the Vienna Police Department.

Stakeholder: NRO Local Public Safety Agencies

Systems Interconnected with NRO Local Public Safety Centers

Interconnect Diagram


Information Flow Diagrams which include NRO Local Public Safety Centers:

Information Flows to/from NRO Local Public Safety Centers:

NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon Dulles Greenway NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOC NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon Federal Installations and Law Enforcement NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon Fredericksburg Regional Transit System NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon Maryland Woodrow Wilson Bridge Operations Center NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon Media Outlets NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon NRO Local Public Safety Mobile Centers NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon NRO Local Public Safety Vehicles NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon NRO Local TOCs NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon NRO Local Transit Centers NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon Shelter Centers NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon VDOT Arlington SSP Vehicles NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Center NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon VSP Center - MPSTOC NRO Local Public Safety Centers flows into icon VSP Mobile Unified Command Center Dulles Greenwayflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOCflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers Federal Installations and Law Enforcementflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers Fredericksburg Regional Transit Systemflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers Maryland Woodrow Wilson Bridge Operations Centerflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers National Weather Serviceflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers NRO Local Public Safety Mobile Centersflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers NRO Local Public Safety Vehiclesflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers NRO Local Transit Centersflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers Shelter Centersflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers VDOT Arlington SSP Vehiclesflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Centerflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOCflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers VSP Center - MPSTOCflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers VSP Mobile Unified Command Centerflows into iconNRO Local Public Safety Centers

National ITS Architecture Subsystems mapped to NRO Local Public Safety Centers:

National ITS Architecture Market Packages associated with NRO Local Public Safety Centers:

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements associated with NRO Local Public Safety Centers:

Emergency Call-Taking
  1. The center shall support the interface to the Emergency Telecommunications System (e.g. 911 or 7-digit call routing) to receive emergency notification information and provide it to the emergency system operator.
  2. The center shall receive emergency call information from 911 services and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
  3. The center shall receive emergency notification information from other public safety agencies and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
  4. The center shall receive emergency notification information from public transit systems and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
  5. The center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.
  6. The center shall update the incident information log once the emergency system operator has verified the incident.
  7. The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the emergency information presented to the emergency system operator.
Emergency Dispatch
  1. The center shall dispatch emergency vehicles to respond to verified emergencies under center personnel control.
  2. The center shall store the current status of all emergency vehicles available for dispatch and those that have been dispatched.
  3. The center shall relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.
  4. The center shall track the location and status of emergency vehicles responding to an emergency based on information from the emergency vehicle.
  5. The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.
  6. The center shall receive traffic images to support dispatch of emergency vehicles.
  7. The center shall coordinate response to incidents with other Emergency Management centers to ensure appropriate resources are dispatched and utilized.
Emergency Routing
  1. The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation.
  2. The center shall receive information on the location and status of traffic control equipment and work zones along potential emergency routes.
  3. The center shall provide the capability to request special traffic control measures, such as signal preemption, from the traffic management center to facilitate emergency vehicle progress along the suggested route.
Incident Command
  1. The center shall provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
  2. The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.
  3. The center shall share incident command information with other public safety agencies including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, rail incident information, evacuation advice as well as traffic, road, and weather conditions.
  4. The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
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