KYTC District 7 Safe Patrol Vehicles
Status
Existing
Description
The Safety Assistance for Freeway Emergencies (Safe) Patrol is designed to aid motorists and assist with incident management. Patrol operates within the region on Interstate 75 and 64 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM, 7 days a week. As part of the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Division of Incident Management,
it is part of a comprehensive incident management initiative to improve safety and reduce delay caused by nonrecurring congestion and improve operations of the freeway system.
Stakeholders
Physical Objects
Functional Objects
| Functional Object | Description | User Defined |
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| EV On–Board En Route Support | 'EV On–Board En Route Support' provides communications functions to responding emergency vehicles that reduce response times and improve safety of responding public safety personnel and the general public. It supports traffic signal preemption via short range communication directly with signal control equipment and sends alert messages to surrounding vehicles. | False |
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| EV On–Board Incident Management Communication | 'EV On–board Incident Management Communication' provides communications support to first responders. Information about the incident, information on dispatched resources, and ancillary information such as road and weather conditions are provided to emergency personnel. Emergency personnel transmit information about the incident such as identification of vehicles and people involved, the extent of injuries, hazardous material, resources on site, site management strategies in effect, and current clearance status. Emergency personnel may also send in–vehicle signing messages to approaching traffic using short range communications. | False |
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| EV Service Patrol Vehicle Operations | 'EV Service Patrol Vehicle Operations' provides on–board processing and communications to service patrol vehicles that reduce response times and improve safety of responding personnel. It supports service patrol vehicle dispatch and provides incident information back to the dispatching center. | False |
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