Regional Architecture Banner
Home
Scope
Stakeholders
Inventory
By Entity
By Stakeholder
Services
Ops Concept
arrowFunctions
Interfaces
Standards
Related Links
Documentation
 
E-Mail

Send Comments

Emergency Evacuation Support Equipment Package

Description:

Evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety.

 

Included in:

Canadian Public Safety Dispatch
Provincial Emergency Preparedness Centre
RCMP Emergency Services
State Level Public Safety Dispatch
US Emergency Operations Center
US Local Public Safety Dispatch Centers

Functional Requirements:

1The center shall manage inter-agency coordination of evacuation operations, from initial planning through the evacuation process and reentry.
2The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
3The center shall provide an interface to the emergency system operator to enter evacuation plans and procedures and present the operator with other agencies’ plans.
4The center shall coordinate evacuation destinations and shelter needs with shelter providers (e.g., the American Red Cross) in the region.
5The center shall provide evacuation information to traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, rail operations, and other emergency management centers as needed.
6The center shall request resources from transit agencies as needed to support the evacuation.
7The 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.
8The center shall provide traveler information systems with evacuation guidance including basic information to assist potential evacuees in determining whether evacuation is necessary and when it is safe to return.
9The center shall monitor the progress or status of the evacuation once it begins and exchange tactical plans, prepared during the incident, with allied agencies.
10The center shall monitor the progress of the reentry process.
11The center shall submit evacuation information to toll administration centers along with requests for changes in the toll services or fee collection during an evacuation.
  
The detailed functional area and functional requirement traceability information on this page was extracted from the National ITS Architecture. Consult the National ITS Architecture web site for more information.
Last Update: 01-29-2006