City of Plant City Emergency Vehicle Preemeption (EVP)

Project Description: This proejct will install Emergency Vehicle Pre–Emption systems at the signals along major arterials in the City of Plant City in two years.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of Plant City Traffic Operations
• Local Agencies

Project Service Packages:

• PS03: Emergency Vehicle Preemption (Plant City EVP)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
local signal preemption request	Local Fire/EMS Vehicles	City of Plant City Field Equipment	Planned
right-of-way request notification	City of Plant City Field Equipment	City of Plant City TMC	Planned
signal control commands	City of Plant City TMC	City of Plant City Field Equipment	Planned
signal control status	City of Plant City Field Equipment	City of Plant City TMC	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of Plant City Field Equipment - Roadway Signal Preemption
• 1: The field element shall respond to signal preemption requests from emergency vehicles.


• City of Plant City TMC - TMC Signal Control
• 1: The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
• 14: The center shall support requests from emergency management centers to provide responding emergency vehicles with signal preemption.


• Local Fire/EMS Vehicles - EV On-Board En Route Support
• 5: The emergency vehicle shall send requests to traffic signal control equipment at the roadside to preempt the signal.

Standards:

• US: NTCIP Signal Priority - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Signal System Masters - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Traffic Signal - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: SAE Signal Preemption - WAVE TCP

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Local Agencies
• Adjust signal-timing patterns in response to incidents.
• Coordinate incident response for incidents on or adjacent to county-owned roadways with PWDs, public safety agencies, and EOCs in surrounding counties and municipalities, including scheduled event responses.


• City of Plant City Traffic Operations
• Coordinate emergency traffic signal control with the county EOC/warning points.
• Operate traffic signal systems on municipal-owned arterials.
• Provide emergency signal preemption for local fire vehicles.