VAST Regional ITS Architecture

Emergency Early Warning System Functional Area

Description

'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.

Included In

Washington State Patrol (WSP) Operations Center
WSDOT Emergency Transportation Coordination Center (ETCC)
CRESA Emergency Operations Center

Functional Requirements

ID	Requirement
01	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).
02	The center shall receive incident information from other transportation management centers to support the early warning system.
03	The center shall support the entry of alert and advisory information directly from the emergency system operator.
04	The center shall receive potential incident information from social media sources to support the early warning system.
05	The center shall provide the capability to correlate alerts and advisories, incident information, and security sensor and surveillance data.
06	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.
07	The center shall broadcast wide–area alerts and advisories to transit 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.
08	The center shall broadcast wide–area alerts and advisories to toll administration 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.
09	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.
10	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.
11	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.
12	The center shall broadcast wide–area alerts and advisories to commercial vehicle administration centers and roadside check facilities 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.
13	The center shall process status information from each of the centers that have been sent the wide–area alert.
14	The center shall coordinate the broadcast of wide–area alerts and advisories with other emergency management centers.
15	The center shall present the alert and advisory information and the status of the actions taken in response to the alert by the other centers to the emergency system operator as received from other system inputs.