County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch

Status: Existing

Description: This element represents county fire and rescue dispatch centers. In some counties, this may include dispatching volunteer departments and EMS. The dispatch center provides call taking, communications, and dispatch functions. Note that there are multiple fire districts in some counties. In these cases, there is an overall county–wide dispatch operation that dispatches ambulances and other assets and independent dispatch operations for each of the other districts in the county.

Stakeholder: County Public Safety Agencies

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch:

• County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch FHP Regional Dispatch
• County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch Florida Statewide EOC/Warning Point (SEOC)
• County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch Other Public Safety Communications and Dispatch Centers
• County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch Regional Incident and Mutual Aid Network

Architecture Flows
to/from the County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch:

County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch FHP Regional Dispatch

• incident report


• incident response coordination

County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch Florida Statewide EOC/Warning Point (SEOC)

• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident report


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• threat information coordination


• transportation system status

County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch Other Public Safety Communications and Dispatch Centers

• incident report


• incident response coordination

County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch Regional Incident and Mutual Aid Network

• incident report


• incident response coordination

FHP Regional DispatchCounty Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch

• incident report


• incident response coordination

Florida Statewide EOC/Warning Point (SEOC)County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch

• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident report


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• threat information coordination


• transportation system status

Other Public Safety Communications and Dispatch CentersCounty Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch

• incident report


• incident response coordination

Regional Incident and Mutual Aid NetworkCounty Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch

• incident report


• incident response coordination

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch:

• Emergency Management Center Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with County Fire EMS/Rescue Dispatch:

• PS01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch (Regional Incident and Mutual Aid Network) -- (Graphic)