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