VDOT TEOC - Inventory Element

Status: Existing

Definition:

The VDOT Transportation Emergency Operations Center (TEOC) in Richmond is responsible for statewide incidents such as amber alerts and major weather events. The TEOC is responsible for reporting certain types of events (pre-defined thresholds) per FHWA reporting guidelilnes. The TEOC also provides information for 511, internal VDOT consumers, media, and the VDOT public website.

Stakeholder: VDOT Central Office

Systems Interconnected with VDOT TEOC

• National Weather Service
• VDOT Fredericksburg District Maintenance and Construction Residencies
• VDOT NOVA District Construction Management
• VDOT NOVA District Maintenance
• VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC
• VDOT NRO Operations Maintenance
• VDOT NRO TFO
• WMATA Operations Centers
• WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center

Interconnect Diagram

Information Flow Diagrams which include VDOT TEOC:

• VDOT TEOC National Weather Service
• VDOT TEOC VDOT Fredericksburg District Maintenance and Construction Residencies
• VDOT TEOC VDOT NOVA District Construction Management
• VDOT TEOC VDOT NOVA District Maintenance
• VDOT TEOC VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC
• VDOT TEOC VDOT NRO Operations Maintenance
• VDOT TEOC VDOT NRO TFO
• VDOT TEOC WMATA Operations Centers
• VDOT TEOC WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center

Information Flows to/from VDOT TEOC:

VDOT TEOC VDOT Fredericksburg District Maintenance and Construction Residencies

• closure data

VDOT TEOC VDOT NOVA District Construction Management

• closure data

VDOT TEOC VDOT NOVA District Maintenance

• closure data

VDOT TEOC VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC

• alerts and advisories
• incident information
• traffic information coordination

VDOT TEOC VDOT NRO Operations Maintenance

• incident information

VDOT TEOC VDOT NRO TFO

• alerts and advisories
• closure data
• incident information
• traffic information coordination

VDOT TEOC WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center

• alerts and advisories
• incident information
• incident response status
• public affairs information coordination
• resource deployment status
• resource request
• road network conditions
• road network status assessment
• threat support data
• traffic images

National Weather ServiceVDOT TEOC

• environmental conditions data status
• qualified environmental conditions data

VDOT Fredericksburg District Maintenance and Construction ResidenciesVDOT TEOC

• incident information
• work zone information

VDOT NOVA District Construction ManagementVDOT TEOC

• security equipment maintenance status

VDOT NOVA District MaintenanceVDOT TEOC

• security equipment maintenance status

VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOCVDOT TEOC

• incident information
• traffic information coordination

VDOT NRO Operations MaintenanceVDOT TEOC

• security equipment maintenance status

VDOT NRO TFOVDOT TEOC

• incident information
• security equipment maintenance status
• traffic information coordination

WMATA Operations CentersVDOT TEOC

• transportation information for operations

WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control CenterVDOT TEOC

• evacuation information
• incident information
• incident response status
• public affairs information coordination
• resource deployment status
• resource request

National ITS Architecture Subsystems mapped to VDOT TEOC:

• Alerting and Advisory Systems Terminator
• Emergency Management Subsystem
• Traffic Management Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Market Packages associated with VDOT TEOC:

• EM05 - Region-wide Transportation Infrastructure Protection -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements associated with VDOT TEOC:

Emergency Early Warning System

1. The center shall monitor information from Alerting and Advisory Systems such as the Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs), the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), etc. The information may include assessments (general incident and vulnerability awareness information), advisories (identification of threats or recommendations to increase preparedness levels), or alerts (information on imminent or in-progress emergencies).
2. The center shall provide the capability to correlate alerts and advisories, incident information, and security sensor and surveillance data.
3. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traffic management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
4. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to traveler information service providers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
5. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to maintenance centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
6. The center shall broadcast wide-area alerts and advisories to other emergency management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
7. The center shall receive incident information from other transportation management centers to support the early warning system.

Emergency Evacuation Support

1. The center shall manage inter-agency coordination of evacuation operations, from initial planning through the evacuation process and reentry.
2. The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
3. The center shall request traffic management agencies to implement special traffic control strategies and to control evacuation traffic, including traffic on local streets and arterials as well as the major evacuation routes.

Emergency Environmental Monitoring

1. 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).
2. The center shall collect current road and weather information from roadway maintenance operations.

TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination/Communication

1. The center shall exchange alert information and status with emergency management centers. The information includes notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public. The information may include the alert originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. This may also identify specific information that should not be released to the public.
2. The center shall coordinate planning for incidents with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities for disaster response, evacuation, and recovery operations.
3. The center shall exchange incident information with emergency management centers, maintenance and construction centers, transit centers, information service providers, and the media including description, location, traffic impact, status, expected duration, and response information.

TMC Evacuation Support

1. The center shall coordinate planning for evacuation with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities such as establishing routes, areas to be evacuated, timing, etc.
2. The center shall coordinate information and controls with other traffic management centers.