Technology for managing autonomous vehicle operation in association with emergency events

A system for facilitating operation of an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with the autonomous vehicle via at least one network connection;
• a memory storing a set of computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor interfacing with the transceiver and the memory, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to:
• detect an emergency event having an emergency location, and
• in response to detecting the emergency event:
• obtain a current operation of the autonomous vehicle,
• determine a planned operation of an emergency vehicle to address the emergency event,
• determine, based at least in part on the current operation of the autonomous vehicle and the planned operation of the emergency vehicle, a vehicle operation modification for the autonomous vehicle,
• generate, based on the vehicle operation modification, a set of vehicle control instructions for the autonomous vehicle, and
• provide the set of vehicle control instructions to the autonomous vehicle via the transceiver, wherein the autonomous vehicle executes the set of vehicle control instructions to cause the autonomous vehicle to operate according to the vehicle operation modification.

A computer-implemented method in an autonomous vehicle of facilitating operation of the autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:

• detecting an emergency event having an emergency location;
• and
• in response to detecting the emergency event:
• obtaining a current operation of the autonomous vehicle,
• determining a planned operation of an emergency vehicle to address the emergency event,
• determining, based at least in part on the current operation of the autonomous vehicle and the planned operation of the emergency vehicle, a vehicle operation modification for the autonomous vehicle,
• generating, by a computer processor based on the vehicle operation modification, a set of vehicle control instructions for the autonomous vehicle, and
• executing the set of vehicle control instructions to cause the autonomous vehicle to operate according to the vehicle operation modification.