1. Jim Misener TRB ITS Committee Meeting Jan 9, 2017
The Connected Responder: A Business Case and Plan for the Emergency Responder Community
Jim Misener
TRB ITS Committee Meeting
Jan 9, 2017

2. Connected Responder Public Safety and Emergency Response Business Case
Goals
Educate, Influence, and Inspire
Objectives
Educate Emergency Responders as a Catalyst for Change and Innovation
Explain the goals of this presentation:
Educate practitioners and policy makers
Influence the future development of Connected Responder related technology to better meet end user needs
Inspire interest in the potential that Connected Responders may yield for officer safety and efficiency
Explain the overarching objective of the presentation:
Educating emergency responders as a catalyst for change and innovation
Maximize the potential of the technology by capitalizing on the knowledge and interested of emergency services professionals.

3. Practitioner’s Orientation to Connected Responder Technologies
Responders Collaborating with Technology Developers
Prepare to Evolve
Crawl
Walk
Run
Manage the expectations and fear of emergency responders by explaining that this change will not occur overnight.
Connected Responder technologies will evolve slowly.
Understanding Connected Responder technology now will help to plan for future equipment purchases (fleet vehicles, peripherals, information technology, etc.) in the future.
There is no expectation that anyone will be an expert overnight. Engineers need to navigate the practical application of these technologies and practitioners need to work with engineers to insure potential benefits are maximized.
Proper education and collaboration with technology developers will reduce the risk of costly mistakes

4. Routinely Dangerous Operations
34% result in injury 33 people killed each year
Graphic taken from:
Graphic from the Ohio Department of Transportation reflecting national statistics on work zone fatalities

5. Routinely Dangerous Operations
167 Law Enforcement Officers died in fatal vehicle accidents
4,500 vehicle traffic crashes involving ambulances each year
47,758 injuries and 579 deaths from work zone crashes in 2013
29,989 fatal crashes in 2014
The prior slide showed workzone related fatalities, the overall number of public safety motor vehicle crashes and injuries/fatalities is even more concerning
34% result in injury 33 people killed each year

6. This slide depicts a potential use case of vehicle-to-vehicle communications involving two safety applications
In the first application, the taxi, which is travelling slowly, is communicating a Basic Safety Message (BSM) – speed, location, heading - back to the vehicles behind it that is moving slowly
The blue car, which cannot clearly see the taxi ahead due to the green vehicle in front, is approaching a higher speed. It receives a warning message from the taxi that a slow moving vehicle is ahead and that it should slow down.
The blue car decides that it will attempt to pass the slower moving vehicles. Because of those vehicles, it cannot clearly see the on-going traffic.
As the blue car begins to move across the center line, it’s vehicle communicates with the on-coming police car that there is change of speed and direction (heading) of the blue car. The police car’s OBU determines that the blue car could encroach into the pathway of the police car and issues a warning to the driver via the application interface (AI).
Concurrently, the police car communicates with the blue car, and the blue car’s OBU determines that there is a vehicle approaching from the other direction at a distance and speed such that if the blue car entered into the on-coming lane, there could be a collision. The OBU issues a warning regarding the on-coming vehicle to the driver of the blue car via the application interface.

7. Key Business Case Drivers for Connected Responders
 “NHTSA estimates that safety applications enabled by V2V and V2I could eliminate or mitigate the severity of up to 80 percent of non-impaired crashes, including crashes at intersections or while changing lanes”
Improve Responder and Public Safety
Reduce Agency Costs (Direct and Indirect)
Capitalize on Growing Commercial and Private CV Network
Influence Positive Change for Profession and Public
Why is it important for an emergency responder agency to consider, engage in, and adopt Connected Vehicle technology?
Connected Vehicle technology can clearly:
Improve Responder and Public Safety through significant reduction in crashes
NHTSA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking announcement - “ “NHTSA estimates that safety applications enabled by V2V and V2I could eliminate or mitigate the severity of up to 80 percent of non-impaired crashes, including crashes at intersections or while changing lanes”
Reduce Agency Costs (Direct and Indirect)
NHTSA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Announcement – ““Overall the agency estimates that, together, these four potential safety applications that could be enabled by this proposal could potentially address nearly 89 percent of LV2LV crashes and 85 percent of their associated economic costs.””
Capitalize on Growing Commercial and Private CV Network
Influence Positive Change for Profession and Public
The Transportation Safety Advancement Group has released The Connected Responder – A Business Case for the Emergency Responder Agency and a Business Plan for Engaging the Responder Community
This reports details how an Emergency Responder agency can:
Align the capabilities of Connected Vehicle technology with its strategic goals
Utilize specific performance measures
Conduct a cost benefit analysis

8. Public Safety Strategic Plan Alignment
Reduce incidents that result in injury, death, and property damage
Provide timely, effective, and consistent emergency response
Enhance traffic incident management procedures
Increase the public’s perception of safety
100 strategic plans reviewed
Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS,
State, local, university, and tribal agencies
The TSAG Connected Responder project evaluated 100 strategic plans from the law enforcement, Fire, and EMS communities.
These 100 strategic plans included state, local, university and tribal agencies – ranging from small agencies (such as volunteer fire departments) to large agencies.
As a result of this evaluation, the research team developed seven strategic goals common across most agencies. These goals are included in the Connected Responder report.
Reduce incidents that result in injury, death, and property damage
Provide timely, effective, and consistent emergency response
Enhance traffic incident management procedures
Increase the public’s perception of safety

9. Public Safety Strategic Plan Alignment
100 strategic plans reviewed
Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS,
State, local, university, and tribal agencies
Enhance employee safety
Manage agency resources effectively
Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery by expanding the use of technology
100 strategic plans reviewed
Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS,
State, local, university, and tribal agencies
Continuing with the common strategic goals:
Enhance employee safety
Manage agency resources effectively
Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery by expanding the use of technology
This last goal seems redundant since it is really inclusive of or a subcomponent of most of the first six goals, however, this goal was pervasive enough within the strategic plans reviewed that it was included in the report
It is clear – the use of Connected Vehicle technology clearly aligns with the strategic goals of the emergency responder community.

10. Call to Action Opportunities for application are limitless
Become involved in the development of the technologies and associated standards and specifications
Become a business driver for the vehicle manufacturers to adopt more quickly
Become early adopters
So what? This “stuff” really isn’t quite here yet. So what can you do – what should you do now?
As the emergency responder community considers how Connected Vehicle technology can extend to the Emergency Response community to create the Connected Responder, the opportunities for the application Connected Vehicle technology and applications are limited only to the extent that the emergency response community does not consider the possibilities and engage in the development and integration of these technologies.
The ultimate emergency responder applications of Connected Vehicle technology begin as visions within the emergency responder community.
The practitioners within the emergency responder community and their needs and requirements must be the ones who ultimately drive the future development of the technologies and applications, working in collaboration with the solution providers across all three technology environments. What the future holds, how lives will ultimately be saved, and how your operational environment is made safer, is in your hands – if you get involved!
Involved in what public safety applications should be developed – and the priority or urgency of those applications
Involved in developing standards and specifications, especially considering the potential information systems with which they will interface
Involved in pushing motor vehicle manufacturers to move more quickly to adopting the technology and integrating it into their vehicle platforms
Agencies need to evaluate the advantages of becoming early adopters – implementing the technology before the manufacturers begin installing it into new vehicle platforms by retrofitting existing agency fleets with aftermarket equipment.

11. Thank You