L-DC Regional ITS Architecture

Emergency Management Roles and Responsibilities

Stakeholder	Role and Responsibility
City of Lawrence Police Department	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Responsible for the tracking and dispatch of emergency vehicles.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
Douglas County Emergency Communications	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
	Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Receive AMBER Alert and other Wide Area Alert information from KBI.
	Provide back-up dispatching function for KU dispatch.
Douglas County Emergency Management	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
Douglas County Sheriffs Office	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
Kansas Department of Emergency Management	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
Kansas Highway Patrol	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Receive AMBER Alert and other Wide Area Alert information from KBI.
	Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
KU Public Safety	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
	Receive AMBER Alert and other Wide Area Alert information from KBI.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Preempt signals to expecite emergency response.
	Responsible for the tracking and dispatch of emergency vehicles.
Local Cities Emergency Services	Participate in regional emergency planning to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.