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 Southeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT Districts 4 and 6
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting for the regional incident and mutual aid network.
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting of the regional incident and mutual aid network.
• Perform incident detection and verification for streets in cities of the region.
• Perform incident detection and verification for streets within the county.
• Receive early warning information and threat information from the county EOC/warning point.
• Coordinate emergency response with county EOCs, the FHP, and other law enforcement agencies
• Receive wide area alert information from the county EOC/warning point.
• Coordinate incident response and incident reports with other public safety agencies.
• Suggest routes to public safety vehicles in response to emergencies and track public safety vehicles to the incidents.
• Coordinate region wide emergency plans; evacuation and re-entry plans; and disaster management plans.
• Coordinate regional emergency plans; evacuation and re-entry plans, and disaster management plans.
• Coordinate with county and local traffic management to provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.
• Coordinate with regional medical centers regarding the status of the care facility.
• Dispatch public safety vehicles to incidents in the region.

Incident Management (Emergency) for Southeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT Districts 4 and 6
• Receive emergency calls from counties and municipalities in the jurisdiction of individual communication centers.
• Coordinate incident response with county and municipal public safety agencies; traffic management agencies; and the FDOT, as appropriate.
• Provide incident information to traffic management and public safety agencies.
• Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incidents with county and local public works departments; the FTE operations center; and the FDOT District 4 maintenance section.
• Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incidents with county and local public works departments; the FTE operations center; and the FDOT District 6 maintenance section.
• Dispatch public safety vehicles to incidents in the county limits.

Palm Beach County Virtual Priority System Roles and Responsibilities
• Coordinate with county and local traffic management to provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.