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VSP Center - MPSTOC - Inventory Element

Status: Existing

Definition:

This Virginia State Police (VSP) center at the MPSTOC is responsible for providing public safety in the state of Virginia by responding to incidents that occur on VDOT's roadway system.

Stakeholder: Virginia State Police

Systems Interconnected with VSP Center - MPSTOC

Interconnect Diagram


Information Flow Diagrams which include VSP Center - MPSTOC:

Information Flows to/from VSP Center - MPSTOC:

VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon CapWIN VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon DC Homeland Security and Emergency Centers VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon Dulles Greenway VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon Dulles Toll Road VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOC VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon HOT Operations Center VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon Maryland Local Public Safety Centers VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon MWAA Center VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon NRO Local Public Safety Centers VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon VDOT Arlington SSP Vehicles VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon VSP Vehicles VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon WMATA Operations Centers VSP Center - MPSTOC flows into icon WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center CapWINflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC DC Homeland Security and Emergency Centersflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC Dulles Greenwayflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC Dulles Toll Roadflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOCflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC HOT Operations Centerflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC Maryland Local Public Safety Centersflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC MWAA Centerflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC NRO Local Public Safety Centersflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC Private Commercial Vehiclesflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC VDOT Arlington SSP Vehiclesflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC VDOT NOVA District Construction Managementflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC VDOT NOVA District Maintenanceflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOCflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC VDOT NRO Operations Maintenanceflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC Virginia DMV Motor Carrier Service Centersflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC VSP Vehiclesflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC WMATA Operations Centersflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Centerflows into iconVSP Center - MPSTOC

National ITS Architecture Subsystems mapped to VSP Center - MPSTOC:

National ITS Architecture Market Packages associated with VSP Center - MPSTOC:

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements associated with VSP Center - MPSTOC:

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 call information from motorist call-boxes and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
  4. The center shall receive emergency notification information from other public safety agencies and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
  5. The center shall coordinate, correlate, and verify all emergency inputs, including those identified based on external calls and internal analysis of security sensor and surveillance data, and assign each a level of confidence.
  6. 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 relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.
  3. The center shall track the location and status of emergency vehicles responding to an emergency based on information from the emergency vehicle.
  4. The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator.
  5. The center shall receive traffic images to support dispatch of emergency vehicles.
  6. 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 track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
  4. 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.
  5. The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
Mayday Support
  1. The center shall acknowledge the request for emergency assistance, whether originated by the driver, automatically by the vehicle's safety systems, or by a traveler via a personal handheld device.
  2. The center shall determine whether the mayday message indicates an emergency that requires the attention of public safety agencies, and forward mayday emergency data to the appropriate agency as necessary.
Emergency Commercial Vehicle Response
  1. The center shall receive emergency notification information from commercial vehicles, commercial vehicle check stations, or commercial fleet operators and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator. This may include detection of non-permitted transport of security sensitive hazmat, hazardous cargo spills, etc.
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