5.2 Emergency Vehicle Management (User Service*)
The Emergency Vehicle Management user service is oriented towards reducing the time from receipt of notification of an incident by a Public Safety Answering Point operator to arrival of the emergency vehicles on the scene. This service includes improved communications between response vehicles and the dispatch center to provide improved display of emergency vehicle location and automation support to dispatchers to help them dispatch the vehicle that can most quickly reach the incident site. The service also provides specialized route guidance for emergency vehicles to assist the dispatcher and emergency vehicle driver in determining the minimum time route to reach the incident scene, and, if required, from the incident scene to a suitable hospital. It will also provide in-vehicle route guidance for directing the emergency vehicle driver to the destination. Finally, the service provides preemption of traffic signals on an emergency vehicle’s route so that the emergency vehicle is nearly always presented with a green signal. It includes the capability to warn drivers of affected vehicles that an emergency vehicle is approaching.
User Service Requirements*:
| 5.2.0 | ITS shall include an Emergency Vehicle Management (EVM) Service. |
| PSpecs*: 1.2.2.1 , 1.2.2.2 , 1.2.7.6 , 5.1.4 , 5.2 , 5.3.1 , 5.3.2 , 5.3.3 , 5.3.4 , 5.3.5 , 5.3.6 , 5.3.7 , 5.3.8 , 5.5 , 6.5.8 , 6.6.1 | |
| 5.2.1 | EVM Service shall include an Emergency Vehicle Fleet Management System. |
| PSpecs*: 5.1.4 , 5.3.1 , 5.3.2 , 5.3.3 , 5.3.4 , 5.3.6 , 5.3.7 , 5.3.8 , 5.5 | |
| 5.2.1.1 | Emergency Vehicle Fleet Management System shall maintain the availability status of relevant emergency vehicles. |
| PSpecs*: 5.1.4 , 5.3.1 , 5.3.2 , 5.3.3 , 5.3.4 , 5.3.6 , 5.3.8 | |
| 5.2.1.2 | Emergency Vehicle Fleet Management System shall determine the emergency response vehicles best suited to respond to an incident. |
| PSpecs*: 5.1.4 , 5.3.1 , 5.3.2 , 5.3.7 | |
| 5.2.1.3 | Emergency Vehicle Fleet Management System shall dispatch the appropriate emergency response vehicle (s) to the incident. |
| PSpecs*: 5.1.4 , 5.3.1 , 5.3.2 , 5.3.7 , 5.5 | |
| 5.2.2 | EVM Service shall include a Route Guidance System. |
| PSpecs*: 5.2 , 5.3.2 , 5.3.5 , 5.3.7 , 5.5 , 6.5.8 , 6.6.1 | |
| 5.2.2.1 | Route Guidance System shall maintain real-time information on traffic conditions in urban and rural areas, emergency response vehicle locations, and emergency response vehicle destinations. |
| PSpecs*: 5.2 , 5.3.2 , 5.3.7 , 5.5 , 6.5.8 , 6.6.1 | |
| 5.2.2.2 | Route Guidance System shall advise emergency response vehicles of appropriate routes. |
| PSpecs*: 5.3.2 , 5.3.5 , 5.3.7 , 5.5 | |
| 5.2.3 | EVM Service shall include a Signal Priority System. |
| PSpecs*: 1.2.2.1 , 1.2.2.2 , 1.2.7.3 , 1.2.7.6 , 5.3.7 , 5.5 | |
| 5.2.3.1 | Signal Priority System shall maintain real-time information on signal timing, emergency vehicle locations and emergency vehicle routing. |
| PSpecs*: 1.2.2.1 , 1.2.2.2 , 5.3.7 , 5.5 | |
| 5.2.3.2 | Signal Priority System shall determine signal prioritize timing sequences for relevant signals. |
| PSpecs*: 1.2.2.1 , 1.2.2.2 |
