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SEFRTOC members meet bi-monthly to facilitate open
discussion, make decisions regarding day-to-day
operations and develop policies and procedures
to maximize the utilization of ITS resources in
South East Florida. Some of the regional topics
of discussion are as follows:
- Interagency Communication:
A goal of the committee is to improve center-to-center
communication and assist one another when necessary
during Incident Management activities. Note:
Each agency’s internal procedures for
notification schedule and DMS messaging procedures
must be followed.
- Shared Resources: Dependent
upon internal policy and resource availability,
each agency agrees to help identify and share
resources during major incidents.
– Road Ranger Patrols
– Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)
– Highway Advisory Radio (HAR)
– Incident Response Vehicles
- DMS Messaging Structure:
DMS messaging is based on two main criteria:
structure and content of messaging text. The
committee agree to develop and use consistent
messaging that will allow quicker recognition
by motorists. Structure and content are based
on what can be read by the lowest denominator,
in this case, the motorist driving at the highest
speed limit.
- Documentation:
– Standard Operating Guidelines
– Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly Reports
– Meeting Minutes
- Criteria and Strategy: It
is the strategy of the Committee to invite all
South Florida ITS Coalition Agency Members to
participate in order to facilitate open discussion
and develop policies and procedures to maximize
the utilization of ITS resources in South East
Florida. All South Florida ITS Coalition Committee
members who are currently operating/or plan
to deploy a Traffic Management Center are invited
to participate in the committee.
- Performance Measures:
Used to determine progress toward specific
committee objectives enabling SEFRTOC
to set additional goals and standards, detect
and correct problems, improve processes, and
document accomplishments. Performance will be measured
based on information collected during the debriefing
process. Types of Performance Measures include:
– Operations Review
– DMS Utilization
– Road Ranger Utilization
– Regional Affect Planned
- Hurricane Response Plan:
The committee will continue meet prior to potential
hurricane threats to discuss strategies, schedules,
TMC assistance, and DMS and other ITS device
usage, before, during and after the storm.
- Standard Operating Procedures:
Developed to address and document
all of the topics above and to assist with meeting
the objectives and mission of the committee.
The guidelines are intended to clearly identify
the partners and partners’ resources and
to specify the individual roles & responsibilities
with regard to interagency communication, DMS
messaging structure, resource sharing, documentation,
performance measurement & review process.
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