Information_Notice_NOB NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF MINIMUM STANDARDS

1/3/07 N.Y. St. Reg. Information Notice NOB

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 1

January 03, 2007

INFORMATION NOTICE

 

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF MINIMUM STANDARDS

The New York State 911 Board is established pursuant to County Law § 326. The Board is charged with assisting local governments, service suppliers, wireless telephone service suppliers and appropriate state agencies by facilitating the most efficient and effective routing of wireless 911 emergency calls; developing minimum standards for public safety answering points; promoting the exchange of information, including emerging technologies; and encouraging the use of best practice standards among the public safety answering point community. The Board is exempt from the requirements of the New York State Administrative Procedure Act, but is required to publish its proposed and final standards pursuant to the provisions of County Law § 327. This Notice is published pursuant to those provisions.

Amendments to Minimum Standards Regarding Equipment, Facilities and Security for Public Safety Answering Points. Summary. At its meeting of September 18, 2006, the Board proposed an amendment to the minimum standards regarding equipment, facilities and security for public safety answering points (PSAPs). This amendment applies greater specificity to the requirement for updating mapping programs, in that all mapping programs other than those that are CAD-based will now have to be updated at least every three years. The current standard only requires that such mapping programs be updated “regularly”. A Notice of Proposed Amendment was published in the October 11, 2006, issue of the Register. Following a period of public comment, the Board at its meeting of December 12, 2006, adopted the amendments as the final standards which appear in this Notice. These final standards are identical to the standards as originally proposed.

For further information, contact Thomas J. Wutz, Chief, Fire Service Bureau, New York State Department of State, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, 41 State Street, Albany NY 12231, phone: [phone].

Text of rule: Title 21 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, Section § 5203.2(c), is amended to read as follows. Material deleted appears within brackets []; material added appears in italics:

(c) Mapping program (Other than CAD based).

(1) All mapping programs shall be compatible with the IWS system.

(2) All mapping programs shall be able to plot and display X and Y coordinates provided by all wireless service providers.

(3) All mapping programs shall be [regularly] updated at least every three years to reflect changes in the PSAP's coverage area.

(4) All mapping systems shall display a map display which can be navigated based on address and location coordinates provided from the PSAP's ALI system.

INFORMATION NOTICE

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF MINIMUM STANDARDS

The New York State 911 Board is established pursuant to County Law § 326. The Board is charged with assisting local governments, service suppliers, wireless telephone service suppliers and appropriate state agencies by facilitating the most efficient and effective routing of wireless 911 emergency calls; developing minimum standards for public safety answering points; promoting the exchange of information, including emerging technologies; and encouraging the use of best practice standards among the public safety answering point community. The Board is exempt from the requirements of the New York State Administrative Procedure Act, but is required to publish its proposed and final standards pursuant to the provisions of County Law § 327. This Notice is published pursuant to those provisions.

Amendments to Minimum Standards Regarding Jurisdictional Protocols. Summary. At its meeting of September 18, 2006, the Board proposed an amendment to the minimum standards regarding jurisdictional protocols. A jurisdictional protocol is a written agreement entered into by two or more law enforcement agencies setting forth procedures to ensure the organized, coordinated, and prompt mobilization of personnel, equipment, services, or facilities in order to achieve the fastest response to a 911 emergency. Current standards require that all jurisdictional protocols be reviewed “on an ongoing basis” to ensure that the most efficient procedures are being used. This amendment replaces that requirement with the more specific requirement that dispatch procedures must be reviewed at least annually. A Notice of Proposed Amendment was published in the October 11, 2006, issue of the Register. Following a period of public comment, the Board at its meeting of December 12, 2006, adopted the amendments as the final standards which appear in this Notice. These final standards are identical to the standards as originally proposed.

For further information, contact Thomas J. Wutz, Chief, Fire Service Bureau, New York State Department of State, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, 41 State Street, Albany NY 12231, phone: [phone].

Text of rule: Title 21 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, Section § 5250.3 is amended to read as follows. Material deleted appears within brackets []; material added appears in italics:

§ 5250.3. Wireless 911 calls shall be routed pursuant to County Law § 330. The jurisdictional protocols utilized by the law enforcement agencies responding to such calls shall, at a minimum, include or provide:

(a) a list of all participating law enforcement agencies;

(b) a method of providing for the dispatch of the closest police unit, which may be via any of the following:

(1) AVL (CAD mapping);

(2) indirect polling (asking for any unit in the area);

(3) direct polling (determining the location of a unit by its number);

(c) a method of transferring calls to the proper agency or jurisdiction after dispatching;

(d) that the methods provided for pursuant to subparagraphs b and c above shall be used in the case of all 911 calls dispatched for service;

(e) that in all other respects, the Direct Dispatch Protocol developed by the New York State 911 Board shall apply;

(f) that dispatch procedures shall be reviewed [on an ongoing basis] at least annually to ensure that the most efficient procedures are being used;

(g) that all investigative duties shall be conducted by the law enforcement agency having ordinary investigative jurisdiction in any area, regardless of initial response to an emergency, provided, that no law enforcement agency shall be prohibited from requesting assistance from any other agency as may be provided under current law or regulation; and

(h) a procedure for resolving all disputes among the parties relating to the operation of the protocol, which may include referral of such disputes to a body designated by agreement among the parties.