Section 106-H:2 Definitions.
In this chapter:
I. ""Automatic location identification'' or ""ALI'' means the system capability to identify automatically the geographical location of the telephone being used by the caller and to provide a display of that location at the public safety answering point.
II. ""Automatic number identification'' or ""ANI'' means the system capability to identify automatically the calling telephone number and to provide a display of that number at the public safety answering point.
III. ""Bureau'' means the bureau of emergency communications within the division of emergency services and communications, in the department of safety, established pursuant to RSA 21-P:36.
IV. ""Commission'' means the enhanced 911 commission established in RSA 106-H:3.
V. ""Commissioner'' means the commissioner of the department of safety.
VI. ""Emergency services'' means fire, police, ambulance, rescue and other service of an emergency nature identified by the bureau.
VII. ""Enhanced 911 system'' and ""enhanced 911 services'' means a system consisting of selective routing with the capability of automatic number and location identification at a public safety answering point, which enables users of the public telecommunications system to request emergency services by dialing the digits 911.
VIII. ""Enhanced ANI/ALI'' means the capability of a municipality or other political subdivision to receive ANI and ALI displays from 911 calls routed from the public safety answering point.
VIII-a. ""Master street address guide'' or ""MSAG'' means an alphabetical listing of all streets and house number ranges within a municipality. House number ranges shall consist of the beginning number and highest possible number on each public or private way with multiple structures.
IX. ""Private safety agency'' means a private entity which provides emergency police, fire, ambulance, or medical services.
X. ""Public agency'' means the state government and any unit of municipal or county government located within the state which provides or has authority to provide firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical or other emergency services.
XI. ""Public safety agency'' means a functional division of a public agency which provides firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, rescue or other emergency services.
XII. ""Public safety answering point'' means a facility with enhanced 911 capability, operated on a 24-hour basis, assigned the responsibility of receiving 911 calls and transferring or relaying emergency 911 calls to other public safety agencies or private safety agencies.
XIII. ""Relay routing'' means the method of responding to a telephone request for emergency service whereby a public safety answering point notes pertinent information and relays it by telephone to the appropriate public safety agency or private safety agency for dispatch of an emergency service unit.
XIII-a. ""Street address guide'' or ""SAG'' means a listing of all numbered structures on each public or private way with multiple structures within the municipality.
XIV. ""Transfer routing'' means the method of responding to a telephone request for emergency service whereby a public safety answering point transfers the call directly to the appropriate public safety agency or private safety agency for dispatch of an emergency service unit.
Source. 1992, 165:1. 1998, 51:1, 2, eff. July 4, 1998. 2003, 319:117, 118, eff. Sept. 4, 2003. 2004, 171:12, eff. July 24, 2004.