First Responders Concerned About Parts of FCC Location Accuracy Rules
Four groups representing first responders want the FCC to provide better access to data on wireless industry testing of location accuracy technologies, said a letter to the agency. The industry is collecting data as required by the FCC in a…
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January 2015 order (see 1501290066). CTIA is lining up companies to participate in Stage 3 of its 911 location technologies test bed (see 1702030031). “We believe our organizations have an ongoing public interest, both for our membership and for the public at large, to understand as fully as possible the performance of these life-saving technologies,” the first responder filing said. “To do so effectively requires visibility into both the test results from existing and emerging technologies (at a summary level) as well as the live E911 call reporting results from the various carriers. To expect less or accept less would be a disservice to our memberships, our missions, and the public at large.” The International Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials and the National Sheriffs’ Association made the filing in docket 07-114. The groups also raised concerns about the FCC’s definition of “dispatchable location” (DL) for the purpose of sending first responders to a call. Under one definition under consideration, the DL would need to direct first responders only to a location “either one floor above or below from where the individual is in a multi-level structure” or even to “an adjacent building or one across the street,” the filing said. That level of detail isn’t high enough, the groups said.