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Public Safety Program Emergency Traffic Operations

Public Safety Program Emergency Traffic Operations. Linda D. Dodge USDOT ITS-JPO Public Safety Coordinator September 26, 2006. ITS Public Safety Includes…. Law Enforcement Emergency Medical Services Fire/HAZMAT as well as - Emergency Communications Traffic Management Towing & Recovery.

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Public Safety Program Emergency Traffic Operations

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  1. Public Safety Program Emergency Traffic Operations Linda D. Dodge USDOT ITS-JPO Public Safety Coordinator September 26, 2006

  2. ITS Public Safety Includes… • Law Enforcement • Emergency Medical Services • Fire/HAZMAT • as well as - • Emergency Communications • Traffic Management • Towing & Recovery

  3. The Public Safety Program Major Initiatives- The Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative - Tasks and Legacy Projects Wireless E9-1-1 (WE9-1-1) Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1)

  4. Background • Initial phase of ETO • Status of multiple coordinated efforts that focus on evacuation management • Building blocks for subsequent phases of ETO • Assess potential “gaps” in use or application of ITS in support of evacuation – all hazards • Determine support tools and resources needed

  5. Initial Phase: Focus on “No Notice” Evacuation & Incident Management • Towing and Recovery and Hazmat Communications Technology Demonstration • Guidance for Transportation Operations in Biohazard Emergencies • Real-Time Evacuation Management and Modeling • Recommended Practices for Managing "No Notice" Evacuations • Low-Cost Surveillance of Rural Evacuation Routes • Traveler Information for Disaster Situations • Integrating ITS Standards with Law Enforcement Data Exchange Standards

  6. ETO & No Notice Evacuation

  7. ETO - • Application of Technology to Transportation Operations in Biohazard Situations Evaluate the roles of transportation during a biohazard situation and make recommendations to apply advanced operational methods and technology to accomplish those roles effectively. • Biohazards workshop, Madison, WI • Workshop proceedings report completed

  8. ETO - • Low Cost Evacuation Route Surveillance Evaluated available technologies; deployed several varieties of camera devices • Field Operations Test – rural Nebraska • Examined the cost, maintenance, power, weather resiliency etc. • FOT and Recommendations report completed

  9. ETO - • ITS to Improve Response by Towing/Recovery and Hazmat Provide cell phone cameras to first responders in the National Capital Region – image transmission to dispatch and to secondary responders Test Bed: Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN) • FOT in progress

  10. ETO - • Communicating With the Public Using ATIS During Disasters Analyze traveler information needs during disasters & develop guidance for transportation agencies • Houston workshop - produced material for ConOps • Pending FOT – San Diego, using ConOps to develop a strategy for using traveler information assets during disasters for a specific location

  11. ETO - • Harmonization of Transportation and Public Safety Incident Management Standards Data exchange of dissimilar data exchange standards Link public safety DOT (IEEE1512 series) and DOJ (GJXML) • Steering Committee established and active • Pending FOTs

  12. ETO - • Traffic Management Technology to Enhance Emergency Response To examine adaptations of ITS freeway and traffic management systems • Report completed

  13. ETO - • Evacuation - State of the Art State of the Practice To examine adaptations of ITS freeway and traffic management systems • Literature Review Complete • Case Review with “lessons learned” • Report Completed

  14. Evacuation Management Case Studies • Sites • El Dorado, Arkansas (Hazardous-Material Fire, January 2, 2005) • Graniteville, South Carolina (Train Derailment and Chlorine Leak, January 6, 2005) • South Salt Lake City, Utah (Toxic Chemical Spill, March 6, 2005) • Big Bear Valley, California (Old Fire, October 25, 2003)

  15. ETO - • Gap Analysis To review findings, identify “gaps” in existing application of ITS technologies, and propose recommendations for Initiative ITS support tools and resources • Literature Review Complete – SA/SP • Case Review Report Completed – SA/SP • Leveraging of findings of the ITS ETO Initiative and FHWA Office of Operations activities

  16. ETO - • Legacy studies & activities • MayDay 9-1-1 – report complete, evaluation report complete • Cad Integration FOTs – report complete, evaluation report complete • Public Safety Advisory Group (PSAG), advise stakeholders on how best to deploy and integrate Intelligent Transportation Systems – several ITS responder documents prepared for publication ..and more

  17. Next Generation 9-1-1 9-1-1 It’s Not Just Telephones Anymore

  18. 9-1-1 in the United States • 6124 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) • Majority administered at the local government level • First 9-1-1 call in 1968 • Approximately 96% of geographic US covered by some level of 9-1-1 • 99% of Population • 200 million 9-1-1 calls annually across country • @ 1/3 by wireless telephone

  19. Wireless 9-1-1 in the United States • 219+ million wireless subscribers currently • 72% of US Population • More than 240,000 wireless 9-1-1 calls per day • In most metropolitan areas that exceeds 50% • and growing • Est: By 2008 @12-15 million households using VoIP

  20. Current and Future 9-1-1

  21. NG9-1-1 Project: An Impact Statement

  22. Consensus within the 9-1-1 Community Capitalize on advances in technologies that provide: • Quicker and more accurate information to responders • Better and more useful forms of information • More flexible, secure and robust PSAP operations • Lower capital and operating costs

  23. NG9-1-1 Project: The Goal Long Term Goal: To design a system that enables the transmission of voice, data or video from different types of communication devices to the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and onto emergency responder networks. Major Milestones: • National architecture and high-level design for NG9-1-1 System • Proof of Concept • Transition plan for NG9-1-1 implementation

  24. NG9-1-1 Initiative: ITS Considerations • The ability to generate and communicate new data and information about an emergency incident • More effective incident management • Safer First Responders • Fault tolerant, flexible infrastructure in place to support flow of multi-media forms of data and information from and to all types of devices (e.g., VII, ACN, telematics, highway and traffic information, etc.)

  25. ENHANCE 911 Act (PL 108-494) • Requires NHTSA and NTIA to coordinate on 9-1-1 • Create an E9‑1‑1 Implementation Coordination Office (ICO) (“National 9-1-1 Office”) • Facilitate coordination and communication (incl. FCC and DHS) • Grant Program • DOT is authorized up to $250 million per year (no funds appropriated to date)

  26. NG9-1-1 Project: Current Activity • RFP closed: July 6, 2006 (4:15 p.m.) • http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FHWA/OAM/DTFH61%2D06%2DR%2D00030/SynopsisP.html • Evaluating the proposals • Continue engaging the stakeholders (public and private) • Conduct meeting of Federal agencies • Continue monitoring standards development activities • Provide the bridge between this initiative and on-going IP-telephony standards development and related activities

  27. Contact Information Linda D. Dodge Public Safety Coordinator ITS Joint Program Office U.S. Department of Transportation 202-366-8034 linda.dodge@dot.gov www.its.dot.gov

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