| Project Title: |
CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ENHANCED 911 PROGRAM |
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| Project Status: | In Progress | |
| Project Type: |
Deployment/Integration |
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| Project Description: | This project is the FY 1999 Centre Valley, Pennsylvania Earmark. Funding was obligated in FY 2000. The goal of this project is to implement technologies using geolocation localization methods in an enhanced 911 operation, and to evaluate the benefits of such technologies in improving overall emergency response. The project objectives supporting this goal are to determine the improvement in overall emergency response through time saved and other measures through the use of enhanced 911 emergency calls and determine their usefulness in improving overall emergency response. The motivation for this project is due to the urgency of the Federal Communications Commission mandate that enhanced 911 capability is established beginning in 2001. Cellular location-determining equipment shall be installed at key locations in Centre County, PA, using available commercial cellular towers and Centre County emergency communications towers, in such an arrangement that will provide overlapping coverage for where cellular communication is available. The incoming cellular 911 call will be identified as such and be routed to the public service answering point (PSAP) for Centre County in the municipal building, Bellefonte, PA. The location of the caller is obtained by matching the information from the mobile phone (mobile identification number) with a calculated position estimate that is transmitted to the database accessible over a network by the 911 Communications Center via the automatic location information (ALI) database. The cellular caller location information will be displayed on a combined Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)/Geographic Information System (GIS) in relation to geographic landmarks and roadways as well as closest or most available emergency service resources. Some of these resources are fixed base sites as well as roving resources such as police cruisers, state patrol cars and ambulances. This system essentially provides a capability equivalent to that rapidly becoming available for 911 calls from fixed locations over landlines. This project will result in the integration of an E911 capability for Centre County, PA. It is planned that this capability will be left in place indefinitely following the field test and evaluation. A report will document such improvements in emergency response as well as describe a developmental model for such future systems to be reviewed by other agencies as they develop their own plans for such systems. |
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| Project Location: | Centre Valley, Pennsylvania | |
| Project Partner(s): | FHWA, NHTSA, Penn DOT, Centre Region Planning Agency, Centre Area Transit Authority, Centre County, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State Police | |
| Project Start Date: | September 2000 | |
| Project End Date: | March 2004 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $395,735 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $795,735 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Jessie Yung |
FHWA Pennsylvania Division, HIT-PA |
(717) 221-4422 |
Ext. |
Matthew Weaver |
Penn DOT |
(717) 705-1447 |
Ext. |