911 Program
GECA provides guidance to local governments in establishing new 911 systems through the publication and use of the
Emergency
GECA also maintains a database of
registered
Levels of 911 Service
Service |
Service Description |
---|---|
Basic 911 |
Routes a 911 call to the appropriate 911 public safety answering point (PSAP) serving the jurisdiction associated with the caller's location. |
Enhanced 911 (E911) |
Routes a 911 call to the appropriate 911 PSAP serving the jurisdiction associated with the caller's location; and, provides the 911 PSAP personnel with the caller's phone number and location. 911 calls from fixed locations (residences, businesses, etc.) using a landline telephone connection typically display the address of the fixed location as the point of origin of the 911 call. |
E911 Wireless Phase I |
Routes a 911 call to the appropriate 911 PSAP serving the jurisdiction associated with the caller's location; and, provides the 911 PSAP personnel with the caller's phone number and the location of the cell site or base station transmitting the call. |
E911 Wireless Phase II |
Routes a 911 call to the appropriate 9-1-1 PSAP serving the jurisdiction associated with the caller's location; and, provides the 911 PSAP personnel with the caller's phone number and the caller’s location (latitude and longitude) to within 50 to 300 meters, depending on the type of technology used. |
Next Generation 911 (NG911) |
Routes a 911 call to the appropriate 911 PSAP serving the jurisdiction associated with the caller's location; but, is also a future development of 911 technology based on Internet Protocol (IP) utilizing one or more emergency service IP networks (ESInets) that replicate traditional circuit-based features and provides additional capabilities, such as multimedia data. |