AZTech - Moving Forward Together

Current Initiatives

Traffic Management: Regional Operational Guidelines; Center-to-Center Standards; Last-mile Connections; Signal Systems Data Exchange; Data Exchange with Public Safety; Data Archiving
Incident Management: REACT; Cost Benefit; Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Application
Traveler Information: 511 Enhancements; Airport Traveler Information; Media & Transportation Summit

Committee Activities

Regional ITS Infrastructure

Arterial ITS
FMS Map
Web-based CCTV Feeds

Transit

Research and Resources: Maps

Data Exchange with Public Safety

AZTech™ Public Safety Center-to-Center Interface Overview

Purpose

The AZTech™ Emergency Management System Center-to-Center (C2C) Interface Module enables the data feed from the Public Safety data system to the Regional Archived Data System (RADS) and to the Arizona Department of Transportation Highway Condition Reporting System (HCRS). Below is an overview of the system architecture.

Background

The Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), and AZTech™ were awarded a federally funded grant in 2004 to deploy an end-to-end communications system to improve public safety and transportation collaboration in the Phoenix metropolitan area. This deployment will result in the expansion of the AZTech™ program, and work towards the deployment of an integrated emergency and transportation operations communications network. The grant includes the following three focus areas:

Focus Area 1 - Strengthen AZTech™ Connectivity and Expand to Public Safety.
Focus Area 2 - Project Assessment and Concept Design for the Regional Community Network.
Focus Area 3 - Radio Interoperability for Public Safety and Transportation.

The AZTech™ Transportation and Public Safety Center-to-Center Needs Assessment and Concept of Operations project supports Focus Area 1, and has identified the desired functionality of center-to-center systems for transportation and public safety agencies. This project developed a concept of operations; and assessed public safety needs. Emergency Management System C2C Interface Modules were identified, and have been developed to facilitate public safety response and traffic management efforts. The City of Phoenix Fire Department 911 EMS data is currently being logged by the MCDOT RADS.

1.3 System Architecture

EMS, RADS Data Feed to HCRS

Table 1 – Description of System Architecture
System	Description
EMS CAD	The EMS CAD system periodically sends a list of active events to the RADS server using a defined XML message and web service. The information provided by the Phoenix Fire Department system is filtered so that only public information is available.
RADS	The MCDOT Regional Archived Data Server receives information from the EMS CAD system and archives it. This information will be available to other authorized systems that may request it through available web services. The C2C XML message shall comply with the National Standard IEEE 1512 Incident Management family of standards, and be compatible with the Web Services Center to Center Communications Standard, NTCIP 2306.
HCRS	The ADOT Highway Condition Reporting System periodically accesses information from the RADS. This information is automatically available to the HCRS authorized users. An HCRS administrator is able to specify whether a data feed from a given data source (EMS, for example) will be automatically posted to the ADOT website and telephone system, or only after being reviewed by an HCRS operator.

Phoenix Fire Dispatch System Design

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