Knoxville Regional ITS Architecture

Emergency Management for Knoxville Regional ITS Architecture Roles and Responsibilities

Stakeholder	Role and Responsibility
Blount County	Responsible for tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the County.
	Lead regional efforts for emergency planning to support large–scale incidents and disasters.
	Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Responsible for emergency call–taking for Blount County as the 911 PSAP. Relays dispatch to city run local dispatch for Alcoa, Maryville, and several other municipalities within the County.
	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 largescale incidents and disasters.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Operates the EOC for Blount County in the event of a disaster or other large–scale emergency situation.
City of Alcoa	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 largescale incidents and disasters.
	Participate in evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
City of Maryville	Participate in regional emergency planning to support largescale 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.
City of Sevierville	Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support largescale 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 dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
Knox County	Lead regional efforts for 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.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support largescale incidents and disasters.
	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.
	Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Responsible for tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the County.
	Operates the EOC for Knox County in the event of a disaster or other large–scale emergency situation.
	Responsible for emergency call–taking for Knox County as the 911 PSAP.
Loudon County	Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Operates the EOC for Loudon County in the event of a disaster or other large–scale emergency situation.
	Lead regional efforts for emergency planning to support large–scale incidents and disasters.
	Responsible for emergency call–taking for Loudon County as the 911 PSAP. Relays dispatch to local dispatch Rural Metro and several municipalities within the County.
	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 largescale 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 tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the County.
Municipal/County Government	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.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support largescale incidents and disasters.
Rural Metro	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
	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.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support largescale incidents and disasters.
Sevier County	Responsible for the routing of emergency vehicles to facilitate the safest/quickest arrival at an incident.
	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 largescale incidents and disasters.
	Responsible for emergency call–taking for Sevier County as the 911 PSAP. Relays dispatch to city run local dispatch for Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, and Gatlinburg.
	Operates the EOC for Sevier County in the event of a disaster or other large–scale emergency situation.
	Responsible for tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the County.
	Lead regional efforts for emergency planning to support large–scale incidents and disasters.
	Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
TEMA	Operates the EOC for the State of Tennessee in the event of a disaster or other large–scale emergency situation.
	Responsible for tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among emergency management agencies in the State.
	Responsible for coordination with adjacent states, including the State of Georgia, as needed to support emergency management.
	Lead statewide efforts for emergency planning to support large–scale incidents and disasters.
	Lead evacuation planning and coordination to manage evacuation and reentry in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency situation.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	Responsible for the initiation of AMBER Alerts.
Tennessee Highway Patrol	Responsible for the dispatch of emergency vehicles to incidents and tracking of their location and status.
	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.
	Participate in regional emergency planning to support largescale incidents and disasters.