Montana Code 10-4-103. Emergency telephone system requirements
10-4-103. Emergency telephone system requirements. (1) Every local and tribal government in this state may establish or participate in a 9-1-1 system.
Terms Used In Montana Code 10-4-103
- Private safety agency: means an entity, except a public safety agency, providing emergency fire, ambulance, or medical services. See Montana Code 10-4-101
- Public safety answering point: means a communications facility operated on a 24-hour basis that first receives emergency communications from persons requesting emergency services and that may, as appropriate, directly dispatch emergency services or transfer or relay the emergency communications to appropriate public safety agencies. See Montana Code 10-4-101
- Relay: means a 9-1-1 service in which a public safety answering point, upon receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, notes the pertinent information from the caller and relays the information to the appropriate public safety agency, other agencies, or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency unit. See Montana Code 10-4-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Transfer: means a service in which a public safety answering point, upon receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, directly transfers the request to an appropriate public safety agency or other emergency services provider. See Montana Code 10-4-101
- Tribal government: has the meaning provided in 2-15-141. See Montana Code 10-4-101
(2)A 9-1-1 system must include:
(a)a 24-hour communications facility automatically accessible anywhere in the public safety answering point‘s service area by dialing 9-1-1;
(b)direct dispatch of public and private safety services in the public safety answering point’s service area or relay or transfer of 9-1-1 communications to an appropriate public or private safety agency;
(c)a 24-hour communications facility equipped with at least two trunk-hunting local access circuits provided by the local telephone company’s central office;
(d)automatic number identification that automatically identifies and displays the calling telephone number at the public safety answering point; and
(e)automatic location identification that automatically identifies and displays the location of the calling telephone at the public safety answering point.
(3)The primary emergency telephone number within the state is 9-1-1, but a public safety answering point shall maintain both a separate seven-digit secondary emergency number for use by the telephone company operator and a separate seven-digit nonemergency number.