PS11: Early Warning System

Need Area Description

This service package monitors and detects potential, looming, and actual disasters including natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, winter storms, tsunamis, etc.) and technological and man–made disasters (hazardous materials incidents, nuclear power plant accidents, and acts of terrorism including nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons attacks). The service package monitors alerting and advisory systems, ITS sensors and surveillance systems, field reports, and emergency call–taking systems to identify emergencies and notifies all responding agencies of detected emergencies.

Need Area Type

Safety

Service Package

PS11: Early Warning System

Includes Needs

NumberNeed
01Emergency Management needs to be able to collect potential threats, alerts, and advisories from various ITS systems to identify emergencies.
02Emergency Management needs to be able to alert all relevant agencies of detected emergencies.