Project Name:

Project Details: Maui Emergency Operations Center

Description:

This project will create a new EOC. Tenants in the new EOC will likely include the County of Maui Civil Defense Agency, Information Technology, 911 Center, and Radio Shop.

Status:

Planned

Timeframe:

Long-Term

Geographic Scope:

Maui

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Service Packages:

Project Inventory:

Emergency Evacuation Support

• The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
• The center shall monitor the progress of the reentry process.
• The center shall monitor the progress or status of the evacuation once it begins and exchange tactical plans, prepared during the incident, with allied agencies.
• The center shall provide traveler information systems with evacuation guidance including basic information to assist potential evacuees in determining whether evacuation is necessary and when it is safe to return.
• The center shall request traffic management agencies to implement special traffic control strategies and to control evacuation traffic, including traffic on local streets and arterials as well as the major evacuation routes.
• The center shall request resources from transit agencies as needed to support the evacuation.
• The center shall provide evacuation information to traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, rail operations, and other emergency management centers as needed.
• The center shall coordinate evacuation destinations and shelter needs with shelter providers (e.g., the American Red Cross) in the region.
• The center shall provide an interface to the emergency system operator to enter evacuation plans and procedures and present the operator with other agencies' plans.
• The center shall develop and exchange evacuation plans with allied agencies prior to the occurrence of a disaster.
• The center shall manage inter-agency coordination of evacuation operations, from initial planning through the evacuation process and reentry.

Emergency Response Management

• The center shall provide the capability to communicate information about emergency situations to local population through the Emergency Telecommunications System.
• The center shall manage coordinated inter-agency responses to and recovery from large-scale emergencies. Such agencies include traffic management, transit, maintenance and construction management, rail operations, and other emergency management agencies.
• The center shall provide the capability to implement response plans and track progress through the incident by exchanging incident information and response status with allied agencies.
• The center shall develop, coordinate with other agencies, and store emergency response plans.
• The center shall track the availability of resources and coordinate resource sharing with allied agency centers including traffic, maintenance, or other emergency centers.
• The center shall allocate the appropriate emergency services, resources, and vehicle (s) to respond to incidents, and shall provide the capability to override the current allocation to suit the special needs of a current incident.
• The center shall provide the capability to request transit resource availability from transit centers for use during disaster and evacuation operations.
• The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to provide inputs to the management of incidents, disasters and evacuations.
• The center shall provide strategic emergency response capabilities provided by an Emergency Operations Center for large-scale incidents and disasters.
• The center shall provide the overall status of infrastructure recovery efforts to traveler information providers and media.
• The center shall allocate the appropriate emergency services, resources, and vehicle (s) to respond to incidents, and shall provide the capability to override the current allocation to suit the special needs of a current incident.
• The center shall provide the capability to identify neighborhoods and businesses that should be informed of an emergency situation based on information collected about incidents including their severity, impacted locations, and recovery schedule.
• The center shall allocate the appropriate emergency services, resources, and vehicle (s) to respond to incidents, and shall provide the capability to override the current allocation to suit the special needs of a current incident.
• The center shall provide the capability to implement response plans and track progress through the incident by exchanging incident information and response status with allied agencies.
• The center shall allocate the appropriate emergency services, resources, and vehicle (s) to respond to incidents, and shall provide the capability to override the current allocation to suit the special needs of a current incident.
• The center shall provide strategic emergency response capabilities provided by an Emergency Operations Center for large-scale incidents and disasters.
• The center shall provide the capability to implement response plans and track progress through the incident by exchanging incident information and response status with allied agencies.
• The center shall track the availability of resources and coordinate resource sharing with allied agency centers including traffic, maintenance, or other emergency centers.
• The center shall collect information about the status of the recovery efforts for the infrastructure during disasters.

Incident Command

• The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
• The center shall share incident command information with other public safety agencies including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, rail incident information, evacuation advice as well as traffic, road, and weather conditions.
• The center shall track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
• The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
• The center shall share incident command information with other public safety agencies including resource deployment status, hazardous material information, rail incident information, evacuation advice as well as traffic, road, and weather conditions.
• The center shall assess the status of responding emergency vehicles as part of an incident command.
• The center shall track and maintain resource information and action plans pertaining to the incident command.
• The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.
• The center shall provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.

ISP Emergency Traveler Information

• The center shall disseminate wide-area alert information to the traveler interface systems, including major emergencies such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, child abductions, severe weather watches and warnings, military activities, and law enforcement warnings.
• The center shall disseminate emergency evacuation information to the traveler interface systems, including evacuation zones, shelter information, available transportation modes, road closures and detours, changes to transit services, and traffic and road conditions at the origin, destination, and along the evacuation routes.
• The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of emergency and wide-area alert information distributed to travelers.
• The center shall disseminate wide-area alert information to the traveler interface systems, including major emergencies such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, child abductions, severe weather watches and warnings, military activities, and law enforcement warnings.
• The center shall provide evacuation information to shelter providers.
• The center shall disseminate emergency evacuation information to the traveler interface systems, including evacuation zones, shelter information, available transportation modes, road closures and detours, changes to transit services, and traffic and road conditions at the origin, destination, and along the evacuation routes.

MCM Infrastructure Monitoring

• The center shall report infrastructure repair needs to the maintenance management system.
• The center shall provide current infrastructure conditions information to the asset management system.
• The center shall collect current maintenance and repair needs from the asset management system and correlate this data with data collected through infrastructure monitoring systems.

TMC Evacuation Support

• The center shall coordinate execution of evacuation strategies with emergency management centers - including activities such as setting closures and detours, establishing routes, updating areas to be evacuated, timing the process, etc.
• The center shall coordinate planning for evacuation with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities such as establishing routes, areas to be evacuated, timing, etc.
• The center shall coordinate execution of evacuation strategies with emergency management centers - including activities such as setting closures and detours, establishing routes, updating areas to be evacuated, timing the process, etc.
• The center shall coordinate information and controls with other traffic management centers.
• The center shall support requests from emergency management centers to preempt the current traffic control strategy, activate traffic control and closure systems such as gates and barriers, activate safeguard systems, or use driver information systems to support evacuation traffic control plans.
• The center shall coordinate planning for evacuation with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities such as establishing routes, areas to be evacuated, timing, etc.

TMC Incident Detection

• The center shall exchange incident and threat information with emergency management centers as well as maintenance and construction centers; including notification of existence of incident and expected severity, location, time and nature of incident.
• The center shall receive inputs concerning upcoming events that would effect the traffic network from event promoters and traveler information service providers.
• The center shall collect and store traffic flow and image data from the field equipment to detect and verify incidents.

TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination/Communication

• The center shall coordinate information and controls with other traffic management centers.
• The center shall exchange road network status assessment information with emergency management and maintenance centers including an assessment of damage sustained by the road network including location and extent of the damage, estimate of remaining capacity, required closures, alternate routes, necessary restrictions, and time frame for repair and recovery.
• The center shall monitor incident response performance and calculate incident response and clearance times.
• The center shall receive inputs concerning upcoming events that would effect the traffic network from event promoters, traveler information service providers, media, border crossings, and rail operations centers.
• The center shall share resources with allied agency centers to implement special traffic control measures, assist in clean up, verify an incident, etc. This may also involve coordination with maintenance centers.
• The center shall coordinate planning for incidents with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities for disaster response, evacuation, and recovery operations.
• The center shall receive inputs from emergency management and transit management centers to develop an overall status of the transportation system including emergency transit schedules in effect and current status and condition of the transportation infrastructure.
• The center shall coordinate information and controls with other traffic management centers.
• The center shall exchange road network status assessment information with emergency management and maintenance centers including an assessment of damage sustained by the road network including location and extent of the damage, estimate of remaining capacity, required closures, alternate routes, necessary restrictions, and time frame for repair and recovery.
• The center shall monitor incident response performance and calculate incident response and clearance times.
• The center shall provide road network conditions and traffic images to emergency management centers, maintenance and construction centers, and traveler information service providers.
• The center shall receive inputs concerning upcoming events that would effect the traffic network from event promoters, traveler information service providers, media, border crossings, and rail operations centers.
• The center shall share resources with allied agency centers to implement special traffic control measures, assist in clean up, verify an incident, etc. This may also involve coordination with maintenance centers.
• The center shall coordinate planning for incidents with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities for disaster response, evacuation, and recovery operations.
• The center shall exchange alert information and status with emergency management centers. The information includes notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public. The information may include the alert originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. This may also identify specific information that should not be released to the public.