VAST Regional ITS Architecture

EV On-Board En Route Support Functional Area

Description

'EV On–Board En Route Support' provides communications functions to responding emergency vehicles that reduce response times and improve safety of responding public safety personnel and the general public. It supports traffic signal preemption via short range communication directly with signal control equipment and sends alert messages to surrounding vehicles.

Included In

WSDOT SWR Regional Incident Response Vehicles
Washington State Patrol Vehicles
Local Emergency Responder Vehicles

Functional Requirements

ID	Requirement
01	The emergency vehicle shall send the stolen vehicle's location and operational data to the center for dispatch.
01	The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall track its current location.
02	The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall send the vehicle's location and operational data to the center for emergency management and dispatch.
03	The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall receive incident details and a suggested route when dispatched to a scene.
04	The emergency vehicle shall send the current en route status (including estimated time of arrival) and requests for emergency dispatch updates.
05	The emergency vehicle shall send requests to traffic signal control equipment at the roadside to preempt the signal.
06	The emergency vehicle shall provide the personnel on–board with dispatch information, including incident type and location, and forward an acknowledgment from personnel to the center that the vehicle is on its way to the incident scene.
07	The emergency vehicle shall send patient status information to the care facility along with a request for further information.
08	The emergency vehicle shall forward care facility status information to emergency vehicle personnel, including the location, specialized services, quality of care, waiting time, number of rooms available, and emergency room status of hospitals or emergency care providers.
09	The emergency vehicle shall send the vehicle's location, speed and direction to other vehicles in the area.
11	The emergency vehicle shall receive the crash data from connected vehicles involved in a crash.
12	The emergency vehicle shall receive the HAZMAT information from commercial vehicles involved in a crash.