Regional Operations Center

Status: Existing

Description

Houses warning room, CBRNE, 911 Call Center (for the City of Cincinnati only), EMA, HAZMAT, Crime Stoppers, "Fishbowl", Light Duty Police, Message Mapping Center, and various other emergency management agencies. It is the dispatch for City of Cincinnati Police and Fire Department and also the emergency operations center (EOC) for the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Stakeholders

StakeholderRoleRole Status
City of CincinnatiOwnsExisting

Physical Objects

Traffic Management Center
Emergency Management Center

Functional Objects

Functional ObjectDescriptionUser Defined
Center Data Collection'Center Data Collection' collects and stores information that is created in the course of center operations. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data users and archives in the region.False
Center Data Subscription Management'Center Data Subscription Management' manages data subscriptions for an end user. It provides access to a catalog of available data, manages the necessary user information and rules that govern the data subscriptions, supports communications with data prFalse
Emergency Call–Taking'Emergency Call–Taking' supports the emergency call–taker, collecting available information about the caller and the reported emergency, and forwarding this information to other objects that formulate and manage the emergency response. It receives 9–1–1,False
Emergency Commercial Vehicle Response'Emergency Commercial Vehicle Response' identifies and initiates a response to commercial vehicle and freight equipment related emergencies. These emergencies may include incidents involving hazardous materials as well as the detection of non–permitted tFalse
Emergency Data Collection'Emergency Data Collection' collects and stores emergency information that is collected in the course of operations by the Emergency Management Center. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data usersFalse
Emergency Dispatch'Emergency Dispatch' tracks the location and status of emergency vehicles and dispatches these vehicles to incidents. Pertinent incident information is gathered from the public and other public safety agencies and relayed to the responding units. IncideFalse
Emergency Early Warning System'Emergency Early Warning System' monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies and uses this information to identify potential, imminent, or in–progress major incidents or diFalse
Emergency Environmental Monitoring'Emergency Environmental Monitoring' collects current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator and used to more effectively False
Emergency Evacuation Support'Emergency Evacuation Support' coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety. Where appropriate, the affected popuFalse
Emergency Incident Command'Emergency Incident Command' provides tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for Incident Commands that are established by first responders at or near the incident scene to support local management of an incident.False
Emergency Notification Support'Emergency Notification Support' receives emergency notification messages from vehicles or personal handheld devices, determines an appropriate response, and either uses internal resources or contacts a local agency to provide that response. The nature oFalse
Emergency Response Management'Emergency Response Management' provides the strategic emergency response capabilities and broad inter–agency interfaces that are implemented for extraordinary incidents and disasters that require response from outside the local community. It provides thFalse
Emergency Routing'Emergency Routing' supports routing of emergency vehicles and enlists support from the Traffic Management Center to facilitate travel along these routes. Routes may be determined based on real–time traffic information and road conditions or routes may bFalse
Emergency Secure Area Alarm Support'Emergency Secure Area Alarm Support' receives traveler or transit vehicle operator alarm messages, notifies the system operator, and provides acknowledgement of alarm receipt back to the originator of the alarm. The alarms received can be generated by sFalse
Emergency Secure Area Sensor Management'Emergency Secure Area Sensor Management' manages sensors that monitor secure areas in the transportation system, processes the collected data, performs threat analysis in which data is correlated with other sensor, surveillance, and advisory inputs, and False
Emergency Secure Area Surveillance'Emergency Secure Area Surveillance' monitors surveillance inputs from secure areas in the transportation system. The surveillance may be of secure areas frequented by travelers (i.e., transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modaFalse
ITS Management Support'ITS Management Support' provides management of the ITS Object. This includes management of regulatory information and policies, management of application processes, management of communication system configuration and update management, communications inFalse
TMC Barrier System Management'TMC Barrier System Management' remotely monitors and controls barrier systems for transportation facilities and infrastructure under control of center personnel. Barrier systems include automatic or remotely controlled gates, barriers and other access cFalse
TMC Basic Surveillance'TMC Basic Surveillance' remotely monitors and controls traffic sensor systems and surveillance (e.g., CCTV) equipment, and collects, processes and stores the collected traffic data. Current traffic information and other real–time transportation informatFalse
TMC Data Collection'TMC Data Collection' collects and stores information that is created in the course of traffic operations performed by the Traffic Management Center. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data users aFalse
TMC Environmental Monitoring'TMC Environmental Monitoring' assimilates current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information, information collected by other centers such as the Maintenance and Construction MaFalse
TMC Evacuation Support'TMC Evacuation Support' supports development, coordination, and execution of special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency. A traffic management strategy iFalse
TMC Incident Detection'TMC Incident Detection' identifies and reports incidents to Traffic Operations Personnel. It remotely monitors and controls traffic sensor and surveillance systems that support incident detection and verification. It analyzes and reduces the collected False
TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination'TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination' formulates and manages an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and resources required for incident management. It provides information to support dispatch and routing of False
TMC In–Vehicle Signing Management'TMC In–Vehicle Signing Management' controls and monitors RSEs that support in–vehicle signing. Sign information that may include static regulatory, service, and directional sign information as well as variable information such as traffic and road conditFalse
TMC Roadway Warning'TMC Roadway Warning' remotely monitors and controls the systems used to warn drivers approaching hazards on a roadway. It monitors data on roadway conditions from sensors in the field and generates warnings in response to roadway weather conditions, roaFalse
TMC Safeguard System Management'TMC Safeguard System Management' remotely monitors and controls safeguard systems for transportation facilities and infrastructure. Safeguard systems include blast shielding, exhaust systems and other automatic or remotely controlled systems intended toFalse
TMC Service Patrol Management'TMC Service Patrol Management' supports dispatch and communication with service patrol vehicles that monitor roads to aid motorists, offering rapid response to minor incidents.False
TMC Signal Control'TMC Signal Control' provides the capability for traffic managers to monitor and manage the traffic flow at signalized intersections. This capability includes analyzing and reducing the collected data from traffic surveillance equipment and developing anFalse
TMC Traffic Information Dissemination'TMC Traffic Information Dissemination' disseminates traffic and road conditions, closure and detour information, incident information, driver advisories, and other traffic–related data to other centers, the media, and driver information systems. It moniFalse
TMC Work Zone Traffic Management'TMC Work Zone Traffic Management' coordinates work plans with maintenance systems so that work zones are established that have minimum traffic impact. Traffic control strategies are implemented to further mitigate traffic impacts associated with work zoFalse

Physical Standards

Document NumberTitleDescription
ISO 21217Intelligent transport systems –– Communications access for land mobiles (CALM) –– ArchitectureISO 21217 describes the communications reference architecture of nodes called "ITS station units" designed for deployment in ITS communication networks. While it describes a number of ITS station elements, whether or not a particular element is implemented in an ITS station unit depends on the specific communication requirements of the implementation. It also describes the various communication modes for peer–to–peer communications over various networks between ITS communication nodes. These nodes may be ITS station units as described in the document or any other reachable nodes. ISO 21217 specifies the minimum set of normative requirements for a physical instantiation of the ITS station based on the principles of a bounded secured managed domain.
NEMA TS 8Cyber and Physical Security for Intelligent Transportation SystemsThis specification describes how agencies and other transportation infrastructure owner/operators should implement cyber– and physical–security for ITS.

Interfaces To

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BCRTA Transit Information Systems
BCRTA Transit Vehicles
Cincinnati Bridge Monitoring Cameras
Cincinnati Fire/EMS Vehicles
Cincinnati Maintenance Garage
Cincinnati Maintenance Vehicles
Cincinnati Police Cameras
Cincinnati Police Vehicles
Cincinnati Public Information Office
Cincinnati Public Services Department
Cincinnati Streetcar Rail Vehicles
Cincinnati Streetcar Transit Information Systems
Cincinnati Traffic Control Center
City and County Cameras
City and County Public Information Systems
Coast Guard Operations Center
Commercial Vehicles and Barges
CTC Transit Vehicles
Emergency Alert System
Fleet and Freight Management Systems
Hamilton County Fire/EMS Vehicles
Hamilton County Maintenance Division
Hamilton County Sheriffs Vehicles
Hamilton County Signal Operations
Local Transit Agency Transit Information Systems
Local Transit Systems
Local Transit Vehicles
Media Outlets
National Weather Service
ODOT / KYTC Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment
ODOT ATMS
ODOT District 8 Maintenance Garages
ODOT District 8 Signal Operations
ODOT Event Streaming Platform
ODOT Freeway Safety Patrol
ODOT Traffic Signal Control System
ODPS Crash Database
Ohio State Highway Patrol Posts
Ohio State Highway Patrol State Communications Center
Ohio Statewide EOC/JDF
OKI Transportation Planning Database
Other City and County Maintenance Dispatch Facilities
Other City and County Traffic Control Centers
Other Public Safety Vehicles
Private Ambulance Provider Dispatch
Private Rail Operations Center
Private Tow/Wreckers Dispatch
Private Weather Service Systems
Regional 911 Call Centers
Regional Medical Centers
Regional Public Safety Dispatch Centers
Riverfront Terminals and Operations Centers
School District Dispatch
SORTA ACCESS Vehicles
SORTA Fixed Route Vehicles
SORTA Regional Transit Hubs
SORTA Riverfront Transit Center
SORTA Transit Dispatch Center
SORTA Transit Information Systems
SOSINK Communications Network
Traveler Information Devices
TV and Radio Stations
University of Cincinnati Department of Public Safety
University of Cincinnati Shuttle Dispatch
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