Alabama Administrative Code › Title 585 - ALABAMA STATEWIDE NINE - ONE - ONE BOARD › Chapter 585-X-3 - DEFINITIONS › Section 585-X-3-.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
E9-1-1
			 Or E9-1-1
			 System
.
A telephone system which includes network
			 switching, data base and Public Safety Answering Point premise elements capable
			 of providing automatic location identification data, selective routing,
			 selective transfer, fixed transfer, and a call back number. The term also
			 includes any enhanced
			 9-1-1
			 service so designated by the Federal Communications Commission in its Report
			 and Order in WC Docket Nos. 04-36 and 05-196, or any successor
			 proceeding.
(2)
9-1-1
			 Call
.
A call, including, but not limited to voice, text, or
			 video, made by a telecommunications service provider's end user by dialing
			 "911" (and, as necessary, pressing the "send" or analogous transmitting button)
			 on a wireless or wired handset.
(3)
Automatic Number Identification
.
An
			 enhanced
			 9-1-1
			 service capability that enables the automatic display of the 10-digit telephone
			 number used to place a
			 9-1-1
			 call. The term includes pseudo-automatic number identification, which means an
			 enhanced
			 9-1-1
			 service capability that enables identification of a subscriber.
(4)
Automatic Location
			 Identification Or "ALI"
. The automatic display at the PSAP
			 of the caller's telephone number, the address/location of the telephone and
			 supplementary emergency services information of the location from which a call
			 originates.
(5)
CMRS
.
Commercial mobile radio service
			 under Sections 3(27) and 332(d) of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996,
			 47
			 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq., and Omnibus
			 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993,
			 Pub.
			 L. 103-66, Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 312. The term
			 includes the term wireless and service provider by any wireless real time
			 two-way voice communication device, including radio-telephone communications
			 used in cellular telephone service, personal communication service, or the
			 functional or competitive equivalent or a radio-telephone communications line
			 used in cellular telephone service, a personal communication service, or a
			 network radio access line. The term does not include service whose customers do
			 not have access to
			 9-1-1
			 or to an enhanced
			 9-1-1
			 like service, to a communications channel suitable only for data transmission,
			 to a wireless roaming service or other non-local radio access line service, or
			 to a private telecommunications system.
(6)
CMRS
			 Connection
.
Each mobile telephone number assigned to a CMRS
			 subscriber with a place of primary use in Alabama.
(7)
CMRS
			 Provider
.
A person or entity that provides commercial
			 mobile radio services.
(8)
CMRS Customer
.
A person, business,
			 corporation or other entity that purchases, utilizes or otherwise obtains
			 wireless CMRS service.
(9)
District
.
An emergency communication
			 district created and validly operating pursuant to Section
			 11-98-4,
Code of Ala. 1975
.
(10)
Emergency
			 Services
.
Law enforcement, fire, ambulance, rescue and
			 medical services.
(11)
Emergency
			 9-1-1
			 Call Processing/Dispatching
.
A process by which an
			 emergency
			 9-1-1
			 call answered at the Public Safety Answering Point is transmitted to Emergency
			 Response Facilities or to Emergency Response Units in the field.
(12)
Emergency Response
			 Facility
.
A structure or portion of a structure that houses
			 PSAP equipment and personnel for receiving and/or dispatching
			 9-1-1
			 calls.
(13)
Emergency Response Unit
.
A first
			 responder to include, but not limited to, law enforcement vehicle, a fire
			 truck, and an ambulance. Personnel who respond to fire, medical, law
			 enforcement, and other emergency situations for life and safety.
(14)
FCC
			 Order
.
The order of the Federal Communications Commission,
			 FCC docket No. 94-102, adopted on June 12, 1996, and released on July 26,
			 1996.
(15)
Phase
			 I
.
Required by FCC Report and Order 96-264 pursuant to
			 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 94-102. The delivery of a wireless
			 9-1-1
			 call with callback number and identification of the cell tower from which the
			 call originated.
(16)
Phase II
.
Required by FCC Report and
			 Order docket No. 96-264 pursuant to Notice of Rulemaking 94-102. An enhanced
			 9-1-1
			 system that identifies the location of
			 9-1-1
			 calls by longitude and latitude in conformance with accuracy requirements
			 established by the FCC.
(17)
Place Of Primary Use
.
The street address
			 representative of where the customer's use of the mobile telecommunications
			 service primarily occurs, which must be:
(a)
			 The residential street address or the primary business address of the customer;
			 and
(b) Within the licensed service
			 areas of the CMRS provider.