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Texas State Consultation

Next Generation 9-1-1

Kelli Merriweather

• Texas 9-1-1 Landscape
• CSEC NG9-1-1 Master Plan
• Emergency Services IP Networks
• CSEC State-level ESInet
• Regional & Local ESInets

Overview

• 9-1-1 service is statutorily defined as…
• “a communication service that connects

users to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) through a 9-1-1 system.”

• Health & Safety Code, Chapter 771.001(6)

Texas 9-1-1 Landscape

• 9-1-1 service is overseen and funded by

three types of 9-1-1 Entities

• 23 Regional Planning Commissions
• 25 Emergency Communications Districts
• 26 Municipal Emergency Communications

Districts

Texas 9-1-1 Landscape

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• PSAPs in Texas

Texas 9-1-1 Landscape

9-1-1 Entities PSAPs Counties Regional Planning Commissions 322 204 Emergency Communications Districts 238 43 Municipal Emergency Communications Districts 27 7 Total Statewide 587 254

• Regional Planning Commissions
• Authorized in Health & Safety Code,

Chapter 771, State Administration of Emergency Communications

• CSEC State Program
• State Designated Planning Regions
• Texas Association of Regional Councils

(TARC)

Texas 9-1-1 Landscape

• Emergency Communications Districts
• Authorized in Health & Safety Code,

Chapter 772, Local Administration of Emergency Communications

• Independent of the CSEC program
• Primarily Metropolitan County Areas
• Texas 9-1-1 Alliance

Texas 9-1-1 Landscape

• Municipal Emergency Communications

Districts

• Recognized in Health & Safety Code,

Chapter 771.001(3)(A)

• Independent of the CSEC program
• Municipalities – large & small
• Municipal Emergency Communications

Districts Association (MECDA)

Texas 9-1-1 Landscape

• CSEC Collaborates with 9-1-1 Entities

through:

• Texas Association of Regional Councils

(TARC)

• Texas 9-1-1 Alliance
• Municipal Emergency Communications

Districts Association (MECDA)

Texas 9-1-1 Landscape

• Purpose:
• Communicate the Vision
• Engage Stakeholders
• Chart the Course
• Appendix to CSEC Strategic Plan for

Statewide 9-1-1 Service

CSEC NG9-1-1 Master Plan

• Strategic Direction & Long Range Policy
• System & Transition Overview
• Funding, Governance, Legal/Regulatory
• System Management & Operation
• Resource Sharing
• Supporting Radio Interoperability

CSEC NG9-1-1 Master Plan

• Emergency Service Internet Protocol

Network (ESInet)

• “A private IP network or Virtual Private

Network that is used for communications between and among PSAPs and other entities that support or are supported by PSAPs in providing emergency call handling and response.”

• H&S Code 771.0511

ESInet – Backbone of NG911

• Enables enhanced redundancy & backup
• Improves interoperability among PSAPs
• Efficiency through centralized solutions &

retirement of legacy technology

• Resource Sharing
• Supporting Radio Interoperability

Benefits of ESInets

• Address Generational Technology Issues
• Enable & Facilitate Text to 9-1-1
• Establish a standards-based system
• Transition to Geospatial Data for location

validation and call routing

CSEC State-level ESInet

• Multiphase Effort
• FY 2014 – 2015 – Phase I
• FY 2016 – 2017 – Phase II
• FY 2018 – 2019 – Phase III

CSEC State-level ESInet

• CSEC NG9-1-1 Master Plan:
• “The Texas NG9-1-1 System will be realized with

the implementation of a state-level Emergency Services Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled Network (ESInet) that will interconnect regional ESInets and individual PSAPs.”

Regional ESInets

• Regional ESInets (implemented and/or planned):
• 10 Individual ECDs
• 4 RPCs in the CSEC program
• PSAP-to-PSAP IP Connectivity
• 7 RPCs - 127 PSAPs
• 36 ECDs - 129 PSAPs

Regional ESInets