Patent ID: 8014751

Claim:
A method for assigning emergency service wireless call routing responsibilities among a plurality of emergency service call answering positions; each respective emergency service call answering position of said plurality of emergency service call answering positions having a respective designated emergency service area; said emergency service wireless call routing being effected via a plurality of cell sector areas; the method comprising: (a) associating respective cell sector areas of said plurality of cell sector areas with said respective emergency service areas to establish cell sector-emergency service areas; (b) establishing at least one population area in the vicinity of said cell sector-emergency service areas; (c) associating said cell sector-emergency service areas with said at least one population area to establish cell sector-emergency service-population areas; (d) determining portions of population attributed to each respective said cell sector-emergency service-population area; and (e) assigning said responsibilities in proportion with said portions of population.