Emergency Environmental Monitoring Functional Area

Description

Collects current and forecast road and weather information that is used by the operator to more effectively manage incidents.

Included In

Municipal Public Safety Dispatch and PSAP
County Public Safety Dispatch and PSAP
Army Corps of Engineers Flood Monitoring Center
Austin/Travis County EOC (CTECC)
County EOC
Statewide EOC
Texas DEM Disaster District Information System
USGS Flood Monitoring Center
LCRA Flood Monitoring Center
Municipal EOCs
City of Austin Watershed Protection
City of Round Rock Office of Emergency Management
Hays County Office of Emergency Management

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The center shall collect current and forecast road and weather information from weather service providers (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services).
2The center shall collect current road and weather information from roadway maintenance operations.
3The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information to support incident management.
4The center shall present the current and forecast road and weather information to the emergency system operator.