DC 911 Center Seeks Floor Number to Decipher Z-Axis Data
Emergency 911 call takers need at least a floor number or wing specification when getting Z-axis information from wireless carriers, District of Columbia Office of Unified Communications Director Karima Holmes wrote the FCC Thursday in docket 07-114. “The need for…
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a vertical estimate is needed but if the estimate is given in indecipherable terms like XXXX above mean sea level (AMSL), it does not help articulate to the caller, call taker nor the responder of where the emergency is occurring.” Massachusetts State Police asked the same earlier this week (see 1910230041).