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Deployment Statistics

Dayton, Springfield

Piqua Fire Department - 2004 Survey

FLEET CHARACTERISTICS

	2002 Response	2005 Estimate in 2002	2004 Response	2005 Estimate
1. Total number of emergency response vehicles operated	10	10	10	11
2. Total number of emergency response vehicles equipped with on-board navigation capability (i.e., digital map)	0	2	0	5
3. Total number of emergency response vehicles under a computer-aided dispatch system (CAD)	10	10	10	11
4. Total number of emergency response vehicles with traffic signal system communications (i.e., signal preemption)	0	10	10	11
5. Total number of emergency response vehicles with Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)			0	0

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM

6. Does your agency participate in a team that meets on a regular basis to evaluate and improve coordinated incident response and to address traffic problems as well?
Your 2004 response was: No

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

7. Does your agency participate in a formal multi-agency regional or statewide program to coordinate management of traffic incidents that contains all the following elements?

Strategic Planning - A mutually agreed to statement of multi-agency program goals and measurable objectives.

Program Plan - A multi-year, multi-agency program plan that maps out the process toward meeting program goals and identifying initiatives, tasks and funding sources.

Annual Work Plan - A plan of tasks, projects, or initiatives for participating agencies to be done during the current year with funding secured.

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

8. Does your agency participate in a statewide disaster planning program?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

9. With what types of agencies does your agency electronically share real-time and/or after-the-fact reporting information on traffic incidents?

	Real-Time Data	After-the-fact Data
Other Fire/Rescue agencies
Law enforcement agencies (local)
Law enforcement agencies (state)
Transportation agencies (local)
Transportation agencies (state)
Do not electronically exchange information
Do not know
Other (please specify)

10. Has a multi-agency contact list been developed in your area containing the names, phone numbers, pager numbers, and other pertinent information for the appropriate response personnel?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

11. Is an Incident Management (Incident Command) System used on-scene to manage traffic incidents?

	Yes, specified by state law
	Yes, through agreement
	No
	Do not know

12. Is there a legal specification by state law or formal agreement as to who is in charge at the scene of a traffic incident (Incident Commander)?

	Yes
	Who? No response
	No
	Do not know

13. Has a plan been developed and adopted by responding agencies for staging and parking response vehicles and equipment at a traffic incident site in a manner that minimizes lane blockage and facilitates the re-opening of lanes?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know

14. Are respondents protected through law or court opinion for liability claims for damages to vehicles or cargoes during clearance activities so long as the removal was not done in a careless or grossly negligent manner?

	Yes
	No
	Legislation or action being planned
	Do not know

15. Are there any policies and procedures to facilitate quick removal of heavily damaged vehicles and non-hazardous cargoes in your metropolitan area?

	Yes
	Please briefly describe the policy or procedures No response
	No
	Do not know

16. What agency usually directs traffic on-scene at major traffic incidents in your area?

	Law enforcement
	Fire and rescue
	Transportation
	Auxiliary reserves (fire or police)
	Do not know

17. Are on-scene responders to traffic incidents from your agency familiar with standards for traffic control specified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)?

	Yes
	No
	Do not know
	Do not know about MUTCD

OPERATIONS

18. Can you respond to emergencies, when required, without lights and siren using signal preemption?

	Yes
	No

19. How do you interface with traffic management?

	Face to face (co-located)
	Voice communication
	Data communication (compatible CAD, use of XML standards for web)
	Multimedia includes video sharing
	Do not interface with traffic management
	Other (please specify)

20. Do you have access to Automatic Collision Notification (ACN) data?

Yes

Which type?

	Commercial systems (e.g., Onstar)
	Advanced ACN (crash severity data)
	Other (please specify)

21. Do your ambulances have telemedicine capability?

Yes

Which type?

	Data to hospital
	Voice to hospital
	Video to hospital
	Other (please specify)

Do not have ambulances

22. Are operators answering emergency calls trained in Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) procedures?

	Yes
	No

23. Have you developed technical standards and procedures, and legal and ethical guidelines for telemedicine and advanced ACN?

	Yes
	No

DISPATCH

24. Do you track vehicle location with AVL to aid CAD?

	Yes
	No
	Do not have CAD

25. Which agencies is your CAD interoperable with?

	Other Police
	Other Fire/rescue
	Traffic Management
	CAD is not interoperable
	Do not have CAD

26. Can you share AVL data with other CAD systems?

	Yes
	No
	Do not have AVL and/or CAD

27. Do you get weather information to help in planning dispatch?

	Yes
	No

28. How do you compute travel time and distance?

	Direct (as the crow flies) distance
	Route distance
	Historic traffic info on route
	Real time info on traffic on route
	Do not compute travel time and distance
	Other (please specify)

NATIONAL ITS STANDARDS

29. Please check the ITS standards that you are using (deployed or in current RFP) or considering (assessing for use) in your operational emergency management systems. The U.S. DOT ITS Standards Program recognizes that there may be other ITS standards surveys being conducted by other entities. If this is the case, please pardon any overlap; however, your input to these surveys will help the U.S. DOT ITS Standards Program better serve your needs and requirements. If no standards are used, skip to question 32.

List of standards to consider when deploying emergency management projects:

Using	Considering

Traffic Management

		NTCIP 1202 - Object Definitions for Actuated Traffic Signal Controller Units
		NTCIP 1210 - Objects for Signal Systems Master
		NTCIP 1211 - Objects for Signal Control Priority

Freeway Management

Using	Considering
		NTCIP 1203 - Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs
		NTCIP 1204 - Object Definitions for Environmental Sensor Stations
		NTCIP 1205 - Objects for CCTV Camera Control
		NTCIP 1206 - Object Definitions for Data Collection and Monitoring (DCM) Devices
		NTCIP 1207 - Object Definitions for Ramp Meter Control
		NTCIP 1208 - Object Definitions for Video Switches
		NTCIP 1209 - Object Definitions for Transportation Sensor System
		NTCIP 1213 - Electrical and Lighting Mgmt System Interoperability & Intercommunications Std
		NTCIP 1301 - Weather Report Message Set for ESS

Advanced Transportation Controller

Using	Considering
		ITE 9603-1 - Application Programming Interface (API) Standard for the Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC)
		ITE 9603-2 - Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Cabinet
		ITE 9603-3 - Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Standard Specification for the Type 2070 Controller

Profiles and Base Standards

Using	Considering
		NTCIP 1201 - Global Object Definitions
		NTCIP 1102 - Octet Encoding Rules (OER)
		NTCIP 1103 - Transportation Management Protocol
		NTCIP 1104 - CORBA Naming Convention Specification
		NTCIP 1105 - CORBA Security Service Specification
		NTCIP 1106 - CORBA Near-Real Time Data Service Specification
		NTCIP 2101 - Point to Multi-Point Protocol Using RS-232 Subnetwork Profile
		NTCIP 2102 - Subnetwork Profile for PMPP using FSK Modems
		NTCIP 2103 - Subnet Profile for Point-to-Point Protocol using RS 232
		NTCIP 2104 - Subnetwork Profile for Ethernet
		NTCIP 2201 - Transportation Transport Profile
		NTCIP 2202 - Transport Profile for Internet (TCP/IP and UDP)
		NTCIP 2301 - Application Profile for Simple Transportation Management Framework (STMF)
		NTCIP 2302 - Application Profile for Trivial File Transfer Protocol
		NTCIP 2303 - Application Profile for File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
		NTCIP 2304 - Application Profile for Data Exchange ASN.1 (DATEX)
		NTCIP 2305 - Application Profile for Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
		NTCIP 8003 - Profiles - Framework and Classification of Profiles
		NTCIP 9010 - XML Standard for Center-to-Center Communications
		IEEE P1488 - IEEE Standard for Message Set Template for Intelligent Transportation Systems
		IEEE P1489 - IEEE Standard for Data Dictionaries for Intelligent Transportation Systems - Part 1 Functional Area Data Dictionaries

Center-to-Center Communications

Using	Considering
		ITE TM 1.03 - Standard for Functional Level Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD)
		ITE TM 2.01 - Message Sets for External TMC Communication (MS/ETMCC)
		NTCIP 1602 - Generic Reference Model for C2C Communications

Incident Management

Using	Considering
		IEEE 1512-2000 Standard for Common Incident Management Message Sets for use by Emergency Management Centers
		IEEE P1512.1 - Standard for Traffic Incident Management Message Sets for Use by EMCs
		IEEE P1512.2 - Standard for Public Safety Incident Management Message Sets for Use by EMCs
		IEEE 1512.3-2000 - Standard for Hazardous Material Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers
		IEEE 1512.4 - Standard for Emergency Management to Emergency Vehicle Subsystems Use by Emergency Management Centers
		IEEE P1556 - Standard for Security and Privacy of Vehicle/Roadside Communication Including Smart Card Comm.

Advanced Traveler Information System

Using	Considering
		SAE J2354 - Message Set for Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS)
		SAE J2540-2 - ITIS Phrase Lists (International Traveler Information Systems)
		SAE J2630 - Converting ATIS Message Standards from ASN.1 to XML

Transit

Using	Considering
		APTA - TCIP Dialogs
		NTCIP 1400 - TCIP - Framework Standard
		NTCIP 1401 - TCIP - Common Public Transportation (CPT) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1402 - TCIP - Incident Management (IM) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1403 - TCIP - Passenger Information (PI) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1404 - TCIP - Scheduling/Runcutting (SCH) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1405 - TCIP - Spatial Representation (SP) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1406 - TCIP - Onboard (OB) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1407 - TCIP - Control Center (CC) Business Area Standard
		NTCIP 1408 - TCIP - Fare Collection (FC) Business Area Standard

Commercial Vehicle Operations

Using	Considering
		ANSI TS284 - Commercial Vehicle Safety Reports
		ANSI TS285 - Commercial Vehicle Safety and Credentials Information Exchange
		ANSI TS286 - Commercial Vehicle Credentials

Dedicated Short Range Communications

Using	Considering
		IEEE 1609.1 - Standard for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Resource Manager
		IEEE 1609-2 - Standard for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Application Layer
		IEEE 1609.3 - Standard for IP Interface for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
		IEEE 1609.4 - Standard for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Medium Access Control (MAC) Layer
		E2213-02 Standard Specification for Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Roadside and Vehicle Systems - 5 GHz Band Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
		SAE J2xxx - Standard for Data Dictionary and Message Sets for Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
		E2158-01 Standard Specification for Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) Physical Layer using Microwave in the 902 to 928 MHz Band
		ASTM E17.54.00.1 - Standard Guidelines for Archiving ITS-Generated Data
		PS 105-99: Standard Provisional Specification for Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) Data Link Layer

Archived Data User Service (ADUS)

Using	Considering
		ASTM E2259-03 -Standard Guidelines for Archiving
		ASTM E-17.54.02.1 Standard Specifications for Metadata Content for ITS-Generated Data
		ASTM E-17.54.02.2 Standard Specifications for Archiving ITS-Related Traffic Monitoring Data

Location Referencing

Using	Considering
		SAE J2266 - Location Referencing Message Specification

30. What factors helped your agency decide to use ITS Standards? Please pick top three factors

	1	2	3
Options offered in the standards
Products employ standards
Regional architecture document requirements
Additional funding provided
Integration opportunities
Consultant or integrators recommendation
My agencys participation on standard committees
Training and technical assistance support provided by US DOT
Responding to the rule to use ITS Standards
Compliance testing is readily available

31. Do you feel that using the standards helped with the integration needs for your agency? Please list project name(s) next to each option

a. Absolutely
No response

b. Somewhat
No response

c. Not exactly
No response

32. If no ITS standards are currently used, what factors will ensure that your agency uses ITS standards? Please pick top three factors (if standards are used, check no. 1 on the first selection and move on to next question)

	1	2	3
We are already committed to using standards when they are complete
Vendors provide standard-compliant products
Standards being accepted by the ITS community and being used in deployments
Training and technical support being provided to my agency
Standards are developed that apply to my system
Additional funding being provided to use the standards
Standards use enables interoperability of systems
Other (please specify)

33. What tool, resource, or support mechanism was or would be most helpful for implementing the standards? Please pick top three

	1	2	3
Training courses
Published standards provided for free
Published standards are easily available
Support documents (i.e., procurement and implementation guides) are available
Workshops
Standards Web site
Standards forum
Software tools to assist with correctly specifying and procuring the standard
E-mail bulletins
Resource documents (i.e., user guides and reference notebooks)
Testing tools
Case studies of other similar projects that used standards successfully
Other (please specify)

WEATHER

36. Does your agency receive weather products tailored to your particular requirements?

	Yes
	No