Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 625 - EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS BUREAU › Chapter 11 - PBX/MULTILINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM (MLTS) REQUIREMENTS › Section 625-11-2 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. "Alternative Methods of Notification"
				means a method of locating an emergency caller and initiating an emergency
				response for users of Multiline Telephone Service other than the use of
				Automatic Location Identification and Automatic Number Identification standards
				used in processing enhanced 9-1-1 calls.
2. "Alternative Methods to Support Enhanced
				9-1-1" means any method used by a MLTS Operator to give emergency response
				teams a reasonable opportunity to quickly locate a caller as an alternative to
				the MLTS signaling needed to produce the automatic display of caller location
				information on the video terminal of the call-taker.
3. "Automatic Location Identification (ALI)"
				means the automatic display at the PSAP of the caller's telephone number, the
				address/location of the telephone, and supplementary emergency services
				information.
4. "Automatic Number
				Identification (ANI)" means the automatic display at the PSAP of the telephone
				number associated with the access line from which a 9-1-1 call
				originates.
5. "Building Unit
				Identifier (BUI)" means a room number or equivalent designation of a portion of
				a structure and/or building that uses a multiline telephone system.
6. "Centrex" means a business telephone
				service offered by some Local Exchange Carriers that provides PBX type features
				over access lines.
7. "Emergency
				Location Identification Number (ELIN)" means a valid North American Numbering
				Plan format telephone number (assigned to the MLTS Operator by the appropriate
				authority), which is used to route the call to a PSAP and used to retrieve the
				ALI for the PSAP. The ELIN may be the same number as the ANI. In some cases,
				the number my not be a dialable number.
8. "Emergency Response Location (ERL)" means
				a location to which a 9-1-1 emergency response team may be dispatched. The
				location should be specific enough to provide a reasonable opportunity for the
				emergency response team to quickly locate a caller anywhere within
				it.
9. "Emergency Services
				Communication Bureau (the Bureau)" means the Emergency Services Communication
				Bureau created pursuant to
				 25 M.R.S.A.
				§2934.
10. "9-1-1 Service Provider" means an entity
				providing one or more of the following 9-1-1 elements: Network, Customer
				Premise Equipment, or database service.
11. "Master Street Address Guide (MSAG)"
				means a database of street names and house number ranges within their
				associated communities defining emergency service zones (ESZs) and their
				associated emergency service numbers (ESNs) to enable proper routing of 9-1-1
				calls.
12. "Multiline Telephone
				System (MLTS)" means a system comprised of common control unit(s), telephone
				sets, and control hardware and software. This includes, but is not limited to,
				network and premises based systems (e.g., Centrex and PBX, Hybrid, and Key
				Telephone Systems) that are owned or leased by municipal or government
				entities, non-profit entities, and for-profit businesses.
13. "MLTS operator" means the entity that
				either owns, or leases/rents from a third party, and operates a MLTS through
				which a caller/person may place a 9-1-1 call through the public switched
				network.
14. "Private Emergency
				Answering Point (PEAP)" means an answering point operated by non-public safety
				entities with alternative and adequate means of signaling and directing a
				response to emergencies.
15.
				"Private Branch Exchange (PBX)" means a private telephone switch that is
				connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network.
16. "Public Switched Telephone Network
				(PSTN)" means the network of equipment, lines, and controls assembled to
				establish communication paths between calling and called parties in North
				America.
17. "Public Safety
				Answering Point (PSAP)" means a facility equipped and staffed to receive 9-1-1
				calls.
18. "Residence or residence
				facility" means multi-family facilities including apartments, townhouses,
				condominiums, dormitories, hotels, motels, resorts, extended care facilities,
				or similar entities, facilities, or structures.
19. "Shared Residential MLTS Service" means
				the use of a MLTS to provide service to residential facilities even if the
				service is not so delineated for purposes of billing.
20. "Substantially Upgraded" means having
				increased the capacity of a multiline telephone system by more than 75% of its
				previous capacity.