Emergency Routing Functional Area
Description
Routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival. Routes may be determined based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or routes may be provided by Traffic Management on request.
Included In
Functional Requirements
| ID | Requirement |
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| 1 | The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation. |
| 2 | The center shall receive information on the location and status of traffic control equipment and work zones along potential emergency routes. |
| 3 | The center shall receive status information from care facilities to determine the appropriate facility and its location. |
| 4 | The center shall receive asset restriction information to support the dispatching of appropriate emergency resources. |
| 5 | The center shall receive current railroad schedule information for emergency vehicle route calculation. |
| 6 | The center shall track current emergency vehicle location and status. |
| 7 | The center shall calculate emergency vehicle routes, under center personnel control, based on the collected traffic and road conditions information. |
| 8 | The center shall request and receive ingress and egress routes or other specialized emergency access routes from the traffic management center. |
| 9 | The center shall provide the capability to request special traffic control measures, such as signal preemption, from the traffic management center to facilitate emergency vehicle progress along the suggested route. |
| 10 | Once the route is calculated the route shall be provided to the dispatch function. |
| 11 | The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the emergency system operator. |