US Emergency Operations Center (OME)

Status: Planned

Description

Includes operations centers at federal, state, county, and city levels. Primarily activated during large–scale incidents or disasters, involves communication and coordination with public safety agencies and any other services needed during a disaster.

Stakeholders

StakeholderRoleRole Status
US Emergency Management Agencies (OME)OwnsPlanned

Physical Objects

Emergency Management Center

Functional Objects

Functional ObjectDescriptionUser Defined
Emergency Early Warning System'Emergency Early Warning System' monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies and uses this information to identify potential, imminent, or in–progress major incidents or disasters. Notification is provided to initiate the emergency response, including public notification using ITS traveler information systems, where appropriate.False
Emergency Evacuation Support'Emergency Evacuation Support' coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety. Where appropriate, the affected population is evacuated in shifts, using more than one evacuation route, and including several evacuation destinations to spread demand and thereby expedite the evacuation. All affected jurisdictions (e.g., states and counties) at the evacuation origin, evacuation destination, and along the evacuation route are informed of the plan. The public is provided with real–time evacuation guidance including basic information to assist potential evacuees in determining whether evacuation is necessary. Resource requirements are forecast based on the evacuation plans, and the necessary resources are located, shared between agencies if necessary, and deployed at the right locations at the appropriate times. The evacuation and reentry status are monitored and used to refine the plan and resource allocations during the evacuation and subsequent reentry. It communicates with public health systems to develop evacuation plans and recommended strategies for disasters and evacuation scenarios involving biological or other medical hazards.False
Emergency Incident Command'Emergency Incident Command' provides tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for Incident Commands that are established by first responders at or near the incident scene to support local management of an incident. It supports communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers, tracks and maintains resource information, action plans, and the incident command organization itself. Information is shared with agency centers including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, traffic, road, and weather conditions, evacuation advice, and other information that enables emergency or maintenance personnel in the field to implement an effective, safe incident response. It supports the functions and interfaces commonly supported by a mobile command center.False
Emergency Response Management'Emergency Response Management' provides the strategic emergency response capabilities and broad inter–agency interfaces that are implemented for extraordinary incidents and disasters that require response from outside the local community. It provides the functional capabilities and interfaces commonly associated with Emergency Operations Centers. It develops and stores emergency response plans and manages overall coordinated response to emergencies. It monitors real–time information on the state of the regional transportation system including current traffic and road conditions, weather conditions, special event and incident information. It tracks the availability of resources and assists in the appropriate allocation of these resources for a particular emergency response. It also provides coordination between multiple allied agencies before and during emergencies to implement emergency response plans and track progress through the incident. It also coordinates with the public through the Emergency Telecommunication Systems (e.g., Reverse 911). It coordinates with public health systems to provide the most appropriate response for emergencies involving biological or other medical hazards.False
Emergency Secure Area Sensor Management'Emergency Secure Area Sensor Management' manages sensors that monitor secure areas in the transportation system, processes the collected data, performs threat analysis in which data is correlated with other sensor, surveillance, and advisory inputs, and then disseminates resultant threat information to emergency personnel and other agencies. In response to identified threats, the operator may request activation of barrier and safeguard systems to preclude an incident, control access during and after an incident or mitigate impact of an incident. The sensors may be in secure areas frequented by travelers (i.e., transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on–board a transit vehicle, etc.) or around transportation infrastructure such as bridges, tunnels and transit railways or guideways. The types of sensors include acoustic, threat (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological sensors), infrastructure condition and integrity, motion and object sensors.False
Emergency Secure Area Surveillance'Emergency Secure Area Surveillance' monitors surveillance inputs from secure areas in the transportation system. The surveillance may be of secure areas frequented by travelers (i.e., transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on–board a transit vehicle, etc.) or around transportation infrastructure such as bridges, tunnels and transit railways or guideways. It provides both video and audio surveillance information to emergency personnel and automatically alerts emergency personnel of potential incidents.False

Interfaces To

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511 IVR
511 SD System
Cal OES Public Safety
Caltrans D11 Intermodal TMC
Caltrans D11 Security Monitoring
Caltrans Maintenance Operations
Caltrans Security Monitoring Equipment
Caltrans Website
CBP Border Patrol
Center – Coordinación Estatal de Protección Civil
CHP Dispatch
Commercial Fleet Management
Commercial Vehicles
County Asset Management Center
County DPW Dispatch
County Fire Authority
County OES Services
County Sheriff Dispatch
County TMC
Dispatch – Coordinación Estatal de Protección Civil
Fleet Management Systems
Level 1 Cities Asset Management Center
Level 1 Cities Police Dispatch
Level 1 Cities Public Works TMC
Level 2 Cities Asset Management Center
Level 2 Cities EOCs–EMC
Level 2 Cities MCO Dispatch
Level 2 Cities TIC and Websites
Level 2 Cities Traffic Ops Center
Metrolink Dispatch
Mexican State DOT Maintenance Services
MTS Centralized Train Control
NCTD – OCC
NCTD Transit Information Center
Operation Respond
Other District State DOT TMCs
Private Sector Probe Information Systems
Public Private Traveler Information
Rail Operations Center
San Diego DPW–GS– Equipment Repair
San Diego Fire–Rescue Dispatch
San Diego Fleet Management
San Diego HAZMAT Team
San Diego Infrastructure Asset Management
San Diego Police Dept Dispatch
San Diego TIC and Website
San Diego Traffic Management Center
SANDAG Electronic Tolling Administration
SANDAG TIC and Website
SANDAG Virtual TMCs
Social Networking Services
Tijuana Traffic Operations Center
Trans Network Co–op (TNC) Centers
Tribal Emergency Management Centers
Tribal Maintenance Operations
Tribal PD and Fire
Tribal Transportation Operations
TV, Local Print and Broadcast Media
US Automated Roadside Inspection and Enforcement Systems
US Border Services Field Equipment
US Public Health Systems
US Weather Service Forecasting System
Wide Area Alerting Systems