US Public Safety Agencies
Description
Includes law enforcement and first responders for public safety in the US; including City or County Police Departments, Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance services; Sheriffs Departments; State Police; US Federal police, law enforcement, customs and border protection, other homeland security, or other first responders.
Associated Inventory
Operational Concepts
| Area | Role and Responsibility |
|---|
| Commercial Vehicle Operations | Local public safety agencies communicate with commercial vehicle carriers to determine the exact chemicals involved in a hazardous materials spill. |
| Local public safety agencies respond to calls from commercial vehicle drivers about hazardous materials spills. |
| Emergency Management | Coordinate resource sharing with emergency management agencies during disaster response, recovery and evacuation situations. |
| Coordinate emergency response with other public safety agencies along the border - both US and Canadian. |
| Coordinate with Emergency Management agencies on emergency alerts to be distributed to the public. This includes notification of a major emergency near the border such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction. |
| Work with Emergency Management Agencies to develop disaster response and emergency evacuation plans for large scale emergencies that may arise near the border. |
| Implement disaster response and emergency evacuation plans. |
| Incident Management | Responsible for providing incident information to the traffic management (including bridge/tunnel operators, state and provincial traffic agencies, and regional traffic authorities) detected by patrol vehicles or motorist call-ins. |
| Coordinate response with other public safety agencies. |