Palm Beach County Virtual Priority System

Project Description: Virtual Priority System. A server based fire priority system that integrates AVL and CAD systems with the traffic signal system, ATMS.now. Currently just under 20% of the traffic signals have been added to this system.

Project Status: On-going

Project Stakeholders:

• County Public Safety Agencies
• Local Agencies
• Palm Beach County Engineering Department

Project Service Packages:

• PS03: Emergency Vehicle Preemption (Palm Beach County)
• PS01: Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch (Palm Beach County)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
emergency route request	County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch	Palm Beach County TMC	Planned
emergency route request	Local Fire/EMS Dispatch	Palm Beach County TMC	Planned
emergency traffic control information	Palm Beach County TMC	County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch	Planned
emergency traffic control information	Palm Beach County TMC	Local Fire/EMS Dispatch	Planned
emergency traffic control request	County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch	Palm Beach County TMC	Planned
emergency traffic control request	Local Fire/EMS Dispatch	Palm Beach County TMC	Planned
emergency vehicle tracking data	County Fire EMS/Rescue Vehicles	County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch	Planned
emergency vehicle tracking data	Local Fire/EMS Vehicles	County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch	Planned
right-of-way request notification	Palm Beach County Field Equipment	Palm Beach County TMC	Planned
road network conditions	Palm Beach County TMC	County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch	Planned
road network conditions	Palm Beach County TMC	Local Fire/EMS Dispatch	Planned
signal control commands	Palm Beach County TMC	Palm Beach County Field Equipment	Planned
signal control status	Palm Beach County Field Equipment	Palm Beach County TMC	Planned
signal fault data	Palm Beach County Field Equipment	Palm Beach County TMC	Planned
suggested route	County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch	County Fire EMS/Rescue Vehicles	Planned
suggested route	Local Fire/EMS Dispatch	Local Fire/EMS Vehicles	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch - Emergency Call-Taking
• 2: The emergency call-taking center shall receive emergency call information from 911 services and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.


• County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch - Emergency Dispatch
• 1: The center shall dispatch emergency vehicles to respond to verified emergencies under center personnel control.
• 3: The center shall relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.


• County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch - Emergency Environmental Monitoring
• 2: The center shall collect road network conditions data, including advisories, from traffic management and traveler information centers.


• County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch - Emergency Routing
• 1: The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation.
• 10: The center shall provide the calculated route for emergency vehicles to the dispatch function.
• 12: The center shall collect road and traffic conditions information, including current traffic conditions en route, current traffic conditions on-scene, and road weather conditions (e.g. wet, icy, snow-covered).
• 14: The center shall provide routing instructions for a dispatched emergency vehicle that may reflect current network conditions and the additional routing options available to en route emergency that are not available to the general public.


• County Fire EMS/Rescue Vehicles - EV On-Board En Route Support
• 1: The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall track its current location.
• 3: The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall receive incident details and a suggested route when dispatched to a scene.


• Local Fire/EMS Dispatch - Emergency Call-Taking
• 2: The emergency call-taking center shall receive emergency call information from 911 services and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.


• Local Fire/EMS Dispatch - Emergency Dispatch
• 1: The center shall dispatch emergency vehicles to respond to verified emergencies under center personnel control.
• 3: The center shall relay location and incident details to the responding vehicles.


• Local Fire/EMS Dispatch - Emergency Environmental Monitoring
• 2: The center shall collect road network conditions data, including advisories, from traffic management and traveler information centers.


• Local Fire/EMS Dispatch - Emergency Routing
• 1: The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation.
• 10: The center shall provide the calculated route for emergency vehicles to the dispatch function.
• 12: The center shall collect road and traffic conditions information, including current traffic conditions en route, current traffic conditions on-scene, and road weather conditions (e.g. wet, icy, snow-covered).
• 14: The center shall provide routing instructions for a dispatched emergency vehicle that may reflect current network conditions and the additional routing options available to en route emergency that are not available to the general public.


• Local Fire/EMS Vehicles - EV On-Board En Route Support
• 1: The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall track its current location.
• 3: The emergency vehicle, including roadway service patrols, shall receive incident details and a suggested route when dispatched to a scene.


• Palm Beach County Field Equipment - Roadway Signal Control
• 1: The field element shall control traffic signals under center control.
• 15: The field element shall receive requests for emergency vehicle signal preemption.
• 5: The field element shall report current preemption status to the center.
• 7: The field element shall return traffic signal controller fault data to the center.


• Palm Beach County Field Equipment - Roadway Signal Preemption
• 1: The field element shall respond to signal preemption requests from emergency vehicles.


• Palm Beach County TMC - Emergency Call-Taking
• 1: The emergency call-taking center shall support the interface to the Emergency Telecommunications System (e.g. 911 or 7-digit call routing) to receive emergency notification information and provide it to the emergency system operator.


• Palm Beach County TMC - Emergency Routing
• 1: The center shall collect current traffic and road condition information for emergency vehicle route calculation.


• Palm Beach County TMC - TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination
• 1: The center shall exchange alert information and status with emergency management centers. The information includes notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public. The information may include the alert originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. This may also identify specific information that should not be released to the public.
• 3: The center shall support requests from emergency management centers to remotely control sensor and surveillance equipment located in the field, provide special routing for emergency vehicles, and to provide responding emergency vehicles with signal preemption.
• 7: The center shall provide road network conditions and traffic images to emergency management centers, maintenance and construction centers, and traveler information service providers.


• Palm Beach County TMC - TMC Signal Control
• 1: The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
• 3: The center shall collect traffic signal controller operational status and compare against the control information sent by the center.
• 4: The center shall collect traffic signal controller fault data from the field.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Guaranteed Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Signal Priority - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Signal System Masters - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Traffic Signal - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: TMDD - NTCIP Messaging

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Palm Beach County Engineering Department
• Provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles


• County Public Safety Agencies - Fire/EMS
• Coordinate with county and local traffic management to provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.


• Local Agencies - Fire EMS/Rescue Departments
• Coordinate with county and local traffic management to provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.