Response, Emergency Staging, Communications, Uniform Management, and Evacuation (R.E.S.C.U.M.E.) NWTC Session 2C: Incident Management Kevin Dopart, Noblis

Response, Emergency Staging, Communications, Uniform Management, and Evacuation (R.E.S.C.U.M.E.)

NWTC Session 2C: Incident ManagementKevin Dopart, Noblis

February 8, 2012Corvallis, OR

2U.S. Department of Transportation

Overview

USDOT ITS Program Background

Traffic Incident Management and ITS

Mobility Program

R.E.S.C.U.M.E. Status and Plans


What is ITS?

System Control

Decision Information

Transaction Automation


USDOT ITS Program

~$100 million annual research program addressing intelligent vehicles and infrastructure

Primary focus on “connected vehicles” to address safety, mobility and environmental challenges

The ITS Joint Program Office, housed in RITA, coordinates multimodal research initiatives across six USDOT administrations: FHWA, NHTSA, FTA, FMCSA, FRA, and MARAD.


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Harmonization of International Standards & Architecture

Human Factors

Systems Engineering

Certification

Test Environments

Safety

V2V V2I Safety Pilot

Mobility

Real Time Data Capture &

Management

Dynamic Mobility

Applications

Environment

AERISRoad

Weather Applications

Deployment ScenariosFinancing & Investment ModelsOperations & GovernanceInstitutional Issues

ITS Research Program Components


RespondRecon

DetectNotifyDispatch

EmergencyOn-Scene

Operations

Transport (e.g EMS)

VerifyNon-Emergency

On-Scene Operations

Traffic Incident Duration

Transport (e.g debris)

Salvage

Traffic Incident Management and ITS

Traffic Control

Dispatch

Respond

Mayday/NG9-1-1

CAD/ITS

Signal Preemption

IIMS & Cameraphone


ITS Mobility: Data Capture and Management (DCM) & Dynamic Mobility

Applications (DMA) Programs


Mobility Program


Data Capture and Management Program

Enable systematic data capture

Develop usable data environments

Reduce cost and institutional barriers

Determine infrastructure requirements

Data Environment


Dynamic Mobility Applications Program

Create applications using DCM data environments

Develop and assess decision support applications

Demonstrate promising applications

Determine infrastructure requirements

Transformative Mobility Applications

Expedite development, testing, commercialization, and deployment of innovative mobility applications


Application Bundles

Consolidated input from external stakeholders Considered internal stakeholder priorities

□ Leverage on-going or other planned research

Grouped applications into bundles□ Similar high-level data needs□ Interaction among applications predicted□ Evident value in concurrent development□ Encourage coordinated non-federal research activity

Bundling increases transformational impactsand reduces R&D costs□ Applications the program cannot fund at this time are still candidates for

collaborative development with other programs or stakeholders

Data Environments and Application Bundles

93 ideas 30 applications 7 bundles


R.E.S.C.U.M.E.


Response, Emergency Staging and Communications, Uniform Management, and Evacuation (R.E.S.C.U.M.E.)

Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (RESP-STG)

Incident Scene Work Zone Alerts for Drivers and Workers (INC-ZONE)

Emergency Communications and Evacuation (EVAC)

Mayday Relay (MAYDAY)

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DATAENVIRONMENTS


Incident Scene Pre-Arrival Staging Guidance for Emergency Responders (RESP-STG)

Situational awareness info to responders while en route

Input to responder vehicle routing, staging and secondary dispatch decisions

□ Staging plans□ Satellite imagery□ GIS data□ Current weather data□ Real-time modeling outputs

Source: Oconto County, WI


Incident Scene Work Zone Alerts for Drivers and Workers (INC−ZONE)

Two components

1. Alerts drivers of lane closings and unsafe speeds for temporary work zones

▪ Could be augmented with merging and speed guidance to drivers.

2. Warns on-scene workers of vehicles with trajectories or speeds that pose a high risk to their safety


Mayday Relay (MAYDAY)

Sends a crash notification message a roadside DSRC hot spot, likely relayed via a properly-equipped passing vehicle

This information is then forwarded to the appropriate PSAP based on the crash location.

Source: Greg Carter Herald Sun


Emergency Comm and Evacuation (EVAC)

Addresses the needs of two different evacuee groups:

1. Those using their own transportationo Dynamic route guidance informationo Current traffic and road conditionso Location of available lodgingo Location of fuel, food, water, cash

machines and other necessitates

2. Those requiring assistanceo Identify and locate people who are more

likely to require guidance and assistanceo Identify existing service providers and

other available resources


RespondRecon

DetectNotifyDispatch

EmergencyOn-Scene

Operations

Transport (e.g EMS)

VerifyNon-Emergency

On-Scene Operations

Traffic Incident Duration

Transport (e.g debris)

Salvage

Traffic Incident Management and R.E.S.C.U.M.E

Traffic Control

Dispatch

Respond

MAYDAY

RESP-STG

INC−ZONE


Key DMA Program Milestones

Early 2012: Implement the Open Source Portal Early 2012: Continuing to engage stakeholders on DMA

program direction May 2012: Complete ConOps for each bundle June 2012: Develop Phase 2 Integrated Research Plan September 2012: Procure and begin developing

selected DMA bundles □ Challenges□ Small Scale Field Tests□ Simulation Studies

Dynamic Mobility Applications Program Roadmap

Decision point

LEGEND:High-Level Roadmap v1.5 (5/9/2011)ProgramActivity Data Feed

Program Activity Track

Program Planning

Stakeholder Engagement

Demonstrations

Research and Development

Testing

Phase 2 ApplicationsDownselect

Outreach

Evaluation

Prototype Application

Application Identification

Phase 3 Demo Site Downselect

Phase 3 Demo(s)Phase 3 Demo Planning

Open Source Portal Development Deploy Open Source Portal

Do the candidate applications show enough promise to be tested?Do these applications address key performance measures?

Do we understand the communications requirements of these applications?

Are there clear and compelling arguments for deployments showing significant

benefits?

Ph. 2 Applications Testing

Data Capture

Data Capture

Connected Vehicle Demo(s)

Data Capture

Institutional and Policy

Standards

Ph. 2 Applications Development

Ph. 3 Apps Testing (OPT.)

Evaluation Planning Phase 2 Apps Evaluation Phase 3 Demo Evaluation(s)

Demo Coordination Planning

State-of-Practice Tech Assessments Develop and Refine Tools/Analytics For Impacts Assessment

PH.3 D

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Open SourceApplications

Data Capture

Define Measures

Data Capture

FOUNDATIONAL ANALYSISPHASE 1

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & TESTING PHASE 2

DEMONSTRATION PHASE 3

9/09 9/11 9/13 9/15

Inst. and Policy Assessment

Standards Plan Standards Demonstration Standards Development and Testing

Inst. and Policy Requirements Revised Policies, Possible Rulemaking

Maintain Open Source Portal

Open SourcePortal

NHTSA Decision


For More Information

Linda DodgeChief of Staff and ITS Public Safety Program Manager ITS JPO, [email protected] DopartManager, Transportation SystemsNoblis, [email protected]://www.its.dot.gov/

http://www.its.dot.gov/

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