Strategic Deployment Plan - sacog

Emergency Routing (EM02)
Medium Priority
This market package supports automated vehicle location and dynamic routing of emergency vehicles. The
service also supports coordination with the Traffic Management Subsystem, collecting detailed road network
conditions and requesting special priority or other specific emergency traffic control strategies on the selected
route(s). The service provides for information exchange between care facilities and both the Emergency
Management Subsystem and emergency vehicles.
Existing Infrastructure
Responsible Agency
• Emergency Response Telecommunications Center
• Police Department Mobile Data Terminals
• Computer Aided Dispatch
• Emergency Vehicle Preemption Systems
Planned Projects
• Police and Fire Departments in Sacramento
Area
• Caltrans
• Emergency Vehicles ­ AVI/AVL (including tracking equipment in dispatch and TMC)
• Emergency Vehicle Pre­emption (EVP) Deployment
• Dynamic Alternate Route signing system ­ implement dynamic variable message signs (VMS) specifically
sited, and primarily devoted, to detouring traffic onto alternate routes during incidents, including accidents
and weather related road closures.
• Computer Aided Dispatch Integration: integrate the computer­aided dispatch systems of various emergency
response and transportation agencies that jointly participate in traffic incident management, including local
police, state patrol, HAZMAT response, Caltrans, and fire departments.
Objectives Being Met
• Reduce time residents spend in congestion
• Improve accessibility by integrating operations across jurisdictional boundaries via their TOCs.
Interconnected TOCs can then optimize operations through actions such as accident response, real­time
signal optimization, and provision of alternate routes when needed.
• Improve coordination among traffic, public safety and transit agencies
• Decrease emergency response times and capabilities using cameras and emergency vehicle signal
preemption
• Improve emergency response time and coordination by integrating emergency response and traffic
management activities
Performance Measures
• Average time to respond to emergency. Measured as the average time from receipt of call to arrival of
emergency services at call site.