Equipment Package: Emergency Call-Taking

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Description: This equipment package supports the emergency call-taker, collecting available information about the caller and the reported emergency, and forwarding this information to other equipment packages that formulate and manage the emergency response. This equipment package receives 9-1-1, 7-digit local access, and motorist call-box calls and interfaces to other agencies to assist in the verification and assessment of the emergency and to forward the emergency information to the appropriate response agency.
Included In: Arizona DPS
Local EOCs
Local Fire and EMS Dispatch
Local Police Dispatch
Maricopa County EOC
MCSO Dispatch Center
Other Police Dispatch
Phoenix Fire Department Regional Dispatch Center
Functional Requirements 1 - The center shall support the interface to the Emergency Telecommunications System (e.g. 911 or 7-digit call routing) to receive emergency notification information and provide it to the emergency system operator.
2 - The center shall receive emergency call information from 911 services and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
3 - The center shall receive emergency call information from motorist call-boxes and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
4 - The center shall receive emergency call information from mayday service providers and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
5 - The center shall receive emergency notification information from other public safety agencies and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
6 - The center shall receive emergency notification information from public transit systems and present the possible incident information to the emergency system operator.
7 - The center shall coordinate, correlate, and verify all emergency inputs, including those identified based on external calls and internal analysis of security sensor and surveillance data, and assign each a level of confidence.
8 - The center shall send a request for remote control of CCTV systems from a traffic management center in order to verify the reported incident.
9 - The center shall forward the verified emergency information to the responding agency based on the location and nature of the emergency.
10 - The center shall update the incident information log once the emergency system operator has verified the incident.
11 - The center shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the emergency information presented to the emergency system operator.

Last updated: 06-23-13