County Public Safety Agencies - Fire/EMS

Description: Represents the generic county fire and EMS departments, including volunteer fire departments.

Stakeholder Groups Associated With:

• County Public Safety Agencies

Inventory Elements:

• none

Projects:

• none

Roles and Responsibilities:

Emergency Management for Southwest Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT District 1
• Coordinate emergency response with county EOCs and local fire/EMS agencies.
• Receive Amber Alert and other wide area alert information from the county EOC/warning point.
• Receive early warning information and threat information from the county EOC/warning point.
• Coordinate with regional medical centers regarding the status of the care facility, as well as patient status en route to the medical center.
• Receive emergency vehicle preemption from Charlotte, Collier, Highlands, and Lee counties and cities; and Polk, Manatee, and Sarasota counties.
• Suggest routes to fire/EMS vehicles in response to an emergency, and track EMS vehicles to incidents.
• Dispatch fire and EMS vehicles to incidents in the region.
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting of the regional incident and mutual aid network.

Incident Management (Emergency) for Southwest Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT District 1
• Coordinate county fire, EMS, and rescue resources for incident response with regional traffic agencies, such as the FDOT, and county and city agencies.
• Coordinate incident response with other public safety agencies, such as sheriff's offices, the police, and the FHP.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with county and city departments of public works (DPWs), and the FDOT Maintenance Office.
• Dispatch county fire and EMS vehicles to incidents in the jurisdiction.
• Perform incident detection and verification for all streets in the region, and provide this information to traffic and other safety agencies.