Bristol Regional ITS Architecture

Emergency Management for Bristol Regional ITS Architecture Roles and Responsibilities

Stakeholder	Role and Responsibility
City of Bristol TN	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
	Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
	Responsible for emergency call-taking for the City of Bristol TN as the 911 PSAP.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
City of Bristol VA	Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Responsible for emergency call-taking for the City of Bristol VA as the 911 PSAP.
	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
Sullivan County TN	Sullivan County TN EMA - Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Sullivan County TN EMA - Lead regional efforts for emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Sullivan County TN EMA - Responsible for tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the County.
	Sullivan County TN EMA - Operates the EOC for Sullivan County TN in the event of a disaster or other large-scale emergency situation.
	Sullivan County TN 911 Dispatch - Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
	Sullivan County TN 911 Dispatch - Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Sullivan County TN 911 Dispatch - Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Sullivan County TN 911 Dispatch - Responsible for emergency call-taking for Sullivan County outside the City of Bristol TN and the City of Kingsport TN as the 911 PSAP.
	Sullivan County TN 911 Dispatch - Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
TEMA	Responsible for coordination with adjacent states, including the State of Virginia as needed to support emergency management.
	Lead statewide efforts for emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Operates the EOC for the State of Tennessee in the event of a disaster or other large-scale emergency situation.
	Responsible for tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the State.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	Responsible for the initiation of AMBER Alerts.
THP	Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
VDEM	Operates the EOC for the Commonwealth of Virginia in the event of a disaster or other large-scale emergency situation.
	Lead statewide efforts for emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Responsible for tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the State.
	Responsible for coordination with adjacent states, including the State of Tennessee, as needed to support emergency management.
VSP	VSP Dispatch - Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
	VSP Missing Children Clearinghouse - Responsible for the initiation of AMBER Alerts.
	VSP Dispatch - Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	VSP Dispatch - Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	VSP Dispatch - Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
Washington County VA	Washington County VA Dept of Emergency Services - Operates the EOC for Washington County VA in the event of a disaster or other large-scale emergency situation.
	Washington County VA 911 Dispatch - Responsible for emergency call-taking for Washington County including the Town of Abingdon.
	Washington County VA 911 Dispatch - Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Washington County VA 911 Dispatch - Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Washington County VA 911 Dispatch - Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
	Washington County VA Dept of Emergency Services - Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Washington County VA Dept of Emergency Services - Lead regional efforts for emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Washington County VA Dept of Emergency Services - Responsible for tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the County.
	Washington County VA 911 Dispatch - Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.