Physical Object: Emergency Vehicle OBE
EV On-Board En Route Support
Overview
'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.
This functional object is included in the "Emergency Vehicle OBE" physical object.
This functional object is included in the following service packages:
- PS01: Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch
- PS03: Emergency Vehicle Preemption
- PS05: Vehicle Emergency Response
- PS06: Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders
- PS07: Incident Scene Safety Monitoring
- PS15: Stolen Vehicle Recovery
- VS04: Special Vehicle Alert
This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:
Requirements
# | Requirement |
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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 a third party provider for distribution to vehicles in the vicinity. |
10 | The emergency vehicle shall send the stolen vehicle's location and operational data to the center for dispatch. |
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. |
Information Flows
Standards
Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.