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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Every local and tribal government in this state may establish or participate in a 9-1-1 system.
(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Montana Title 10. Military Affairs and Disaster and Emergency Services § 10-4-103. Emergency telephone system requirements - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mt/title-10-military-affairs-and-disaster-and-emergency-services/mt-st-10-4-103/
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