Carr FCC is moving to improve data data accuracy 911

A Federal Communication Commission (FCC) On Thursday announced a proposal to improve 911 services, facilitating the first respondents to find the calls in need.

Agency suggested new regulation that would review the requirements for wireless providers providing information on location with all 911 calls This determines the horizontal and vertical location of the subscriber in the precision thresholds confirmed in an independent test bed. All four of the current FCC commissioners voted in favor.

The FCC explained that while the vertical location data are useful for the first respondents in 911 subscribers in multi -storey buildings, public safety bodies expressed concern about the level of accuracy of the vertical location and the adequacy of the test bed.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carl said in a statement how he spent time in the Ferfax county, Virginia, a fire station a few years ago, to better understand how the location technology helps to respond to work for the first time. Car said the firefighters “emphasized the importance of 911 solutions that could help them quickly find both victims and the first respondents during emergencies.”

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The chairman of the Federal Communication Commission, Brendan Car, said that the proposed rule would help the first respondents get more effective location data, seeking 911 subscribers. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / Getty Images)

“Shortly after this visit, the FCC accepted the rules, which greatly eased to find subscribers in apartments and office buildings,” Carr said. “But our real -life experience has since been showing that there are still too many cases where our first respondents do not receive the necessary information about emergency locations.”

Carr added that this new suggestion looks like eliminating this problem based on the previous job FCC Location accuracy To make sure that the first respondents receive not only accurate information but also effective information. ”

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FCC offers update to its 911 data rules. (Photographer: Andrew Horer / Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)

According to the proposal, wireless suppliers must be provided with vertical information in 911 count -centuries measured in height above ground level (AGL), rather than height over the ellipsoid (HAE) to provide more effective information.

To check the productivity of vertical information technologies in industry, urban, city, suburban and rural conditions – and not in a modern approach to aggregation or medium work in the environment.

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The proposal will also give nationwide wireless suppliers And some major public safety organizations are wider access to the test bed data and allow these public safety bodies to challenge the test check.

The proposed FCC application is also seeking comments on ways to increase the number of wireless calls 911, which transmit starting data on location with the challenges itself, and improve accuracy of horizontal location Wireless calls 911 and location accuracy for the text-911.