Locate Our Citizens At Times of Emergency
 

Project LOCATE Final Report
In August 2005, the Board of Directors of the Public Safety Foundation of America (PSFA) awarded a grant to Project LOCATE to conduct independent testing of wireless location data delivered to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). http://www.locatemodelcities.org/documents/LOCATE_Final_Report.pdf

Rescuers often can't find 911 callers
Aiming to improve the accuracy with which emergency responders are able to locate callers in distress, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said that he will propose significant changes in the 911 system. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17969692/from/ET/

FCC wants more accuracy in cell phone locating
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new report by a public safety group throws into question the ability of police and firefighters to locate people through their cell phones when they dial 911 in an emergency. Click here to read the article.

04/10/2007 - APCO STRESSES 9-1-1 CHALLENGES TO CONGRESS
In testimony today before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International’s President Wanda McCarley stressed three major challenges to meeting the public’s expectations for the future of 9-1-1, including technology, funding and staffing issues.http://www.apcointl.com/news/2007/20070410APCOStresses911ChallengesToCongress.html

04/06/2007 - APCO SUPPORTS CHAIRMAN MARTIN'S CALL FOR TIGHTER WIRELESS ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International today released a statement supporting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin's call to tighten requirements on how location accuracy from wireless phones is measured. http://www.apcointl.com/news/2007/20070406APCOSupportsMartinsCall.html

About Project Locate  
 

APCO ’s Project LOCATE was  created to find ways to hasten the deployment of wireless 9-1-1 Phase II. The committee considered doing a small number of demonstration projects, but opted instead to use something more indicative of the real-world situations we all experience. 

The model communities represent a wide cross-section, ranging in size from small cities to an entire state. They represent the technologically astute and the challenged – in other words, they represent the real world in which we all work, not the world where a team of experts is on call to provide every need.

Wireless Deployment Toolkit

9-1-1 Public Information

APCO Project LOCATE presented the "Deployment Toolkit Summary Handbook" at the 72nd Annual APCO Conference & Exposition in Orlando, FL.
Click here to view the handbook.

APCO releases 9-1-1 Funding Matrix.  The matrix provides information on the various funding model across the nation.
Click here to download.
Click here to read the press release

First Report 
 

Implementation Challenges
 

 


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Model Communities Managers

Project LOCATE to Conduct Wireless Accuracy Testing

Project LOCATE 9-1-1 Call Cards

Routing of 9-1-1 Calls in Overflow Conditions

Top ten tips recommended by the Model Community Managers
 
   
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FCC
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Enhanced 911...  

The wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) rules seek to improve the effectiveness and reliability of wireless 911 service by providing 911 dispatchers with additional information on wireless 911 calls.

The wireless E911 program is divided into two parts - Phase I and Phase II. Phase I requires carriers, upon appropriate request by a local Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), to report the telephone number of a wireless 911 caller and the location of the antenna that received the call. Phase II requires wireless carriers to provide far more precise location information, within 50 to 100 meters in most cases.

The deployment of E911 requires the development of new technologies and upgrades to local 911 PSAPs, as well as coordination among public safety agencies, wireless carriers, technology vendors, equipment manufacturers, and local wireline carriers. The FCC established a four-year rollout schedule for Phase II, beginning October 1, 2001 and to be completed by December 31, 2005. To help identify and address factors causing delay in implementing Phase II, the Commission instituted a Phase II technical inquiry under the direction of Dale Hatfield.

 
Information...  
Reports
To facilitate E911 implementation, carriers are required to file quarterly reports. The requirements pertaining to these quarterly reports may be reviewed under the respective released Orders. The FCC has granted waivers of the Phase II rules to several wireless carriers. For further information on the Phase II deployment schedules of specific carriers, see "E911 Phase II Decisions" Fact Sheet or the carrier's waiver report.

E911 Violations
Phase I or Phase II Implementation Requirements.  There are two primary methods by which to notify the Enforcement Bureau of violations by carriers of E-911 Phase 1 or Phase 2 Implementation Requirements.   One method is to informally notify the Bureau about violations.   The second method is to file a formal complaint pursuant to Section 208 of the Communications Act.