Kari’s Law Requirements

1.Does your current 911 infrastructure notify relevant parties that an emergency call has been made via an organization provided PBX phone?

2. Does your current 911notification provide the location of the device that dialed 911?

3. Does your current 911 infrastructure allow for 911 calls to be places without requiring them to dial 9 first then the number?

Ray Baum’s Act

4. When you dial 911 from your business phone, do you send the building address with the call through the 911 network?

5. When you dial 911 from your business phone, do you send additional information that allows the calling party to be located in a reasonable amount of time to the PSAP and on-site individuals.

6. Does your organization contain multiple buildings or buildings with multiple floors that are listed under one address?

If you answered “YES” to the question above:

6.1 Do you provide this additional location data (i.e. building, floor, zone) with the 911 calls?

6.2 Can the level of location detail you provide allow you and/or first responders the ability to find the caller in a reasonable amount of time?

7. Do you have a way of updating associated device locations in the 911 records when the devices are moved?

8. Do you have a mechanism for knowing when devices move throughout the network so that the associated 911 records can be updated?

9. If you have employees working from home who are using a softphone on a laptop or a hardware IP or SIP phone, are you currently provisioning their location data to the 911 database?

10. If you have employees that travel frequently and using a softphone on a laptop or a hardware IP or SIP phone, are you currently provisioning their location data to the 911 database?