Next Generation 9–1–1 services
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
The term “Next Generation 9–1–1 services” means an IP-based system comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational policies and procedures that—
(A) provides standardized interfaces from emergency call and message services to support emergency communications;
(B) processes all types of emergency calls, including voice, data, and multimedia information;
(C) acquires and integrates additional emergency call data useful to call routing and handling;
(D) delivers the emergency calls, messages, and data to the appropriate public safety answering point and other appropriate emergency entities;
(E) supports data or video communications needs for coordinated incident response and management; and
(F) provides broadband service to public safety answering points or other first responder entities.
Source
- 2012–present47 U.S.C. § 942Telecommunications · Coordination of E911 implementation · in this section
The term “Next Generation 9–1–1 services” means an IP-based system comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational policies and procedures that—
(A) provides standardized interfaces from emergency call and message services to support emergency communications;
(B) processes all types of emergency calls, including voice, text, data, and multimedia information;
(C) acquires and integrates additional emergency call data useful to call routing and handling;
(D) delivers the emergency calls, messages, and data to the appropriate public safety answering point and other appropriate emergency entities;
(E) supports data or video communications needs for coordinated incident response and management; and
(F) provides broadband service to public safety answering points or other first responder entities.
Source
- 2012–present47 U.S.C. § 1401Telecommunications · Definitions · in this chapter