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ECAC subcommittee work is wrapping up
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Meanwhile, the Network subcom-
mittee has been working to identify the
CSEC State-level ESInet's technical and
operational standards. The draft
document was approved by the
subcommittee on February 5.
Similar to the Security subcommittee,
the Network subcommittee considered
numerous standards previously
created by the likes of NENA, NIST, the
Association of Public Safety Communi-
cations Officials International (APCO),
the National Fire Protection Associa-
tion (NFPA), and others.
While NENA's i3 architecture-which will
provide the technological backbone for
Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) service-
will provide much of the basis for the
network policy, i3 is focused primarily on
applications, so it was imperative for the
subcommittee to also consider other
standards that focus on infrastructure and
interoperability.
Finally, the Geographic Information System
(GIS) subcommittee is nearing completion
of its draft document, which will establish a
NG9-1-1 geospatial data standard.As of this writing the document is being
reviewed by subcommittee members and
two additional work sessions then will be
held to work out the final details. The
document is expected to be voted upon by
the middle of February.
GIS data will be heavily leveraged in a
NG9-1-1 environment, primarily to locate
emergency callers, regardless of whether
those calls are generated by wireline,
wireless or Voice over IP (VoIP) devices.
This data ultimately will need to be
aggregated into a database that will be
leveraged by the CSEC State-level ESInet.
Consequently, CSEC is taking a vital
role in assuring that the data will be
well maintained and interoperable; the
latter of which will be especially
important during large-scale emergen-
cy incidents that require a multijuris-
dictional response.
The document being developed by the
GIS subcommittee is based largely on
several NENA standards, but those
standards still are at the draft stage. As a
result, it is likely that the GIS subcom-
mittee will need to modify its data
standard document after NENA's draft
standards are finalized..The work being done by ECAC to foster data interoperability will pay huge
dividends for future multijurisdictional emergency responses.GIS data will be heavily
leveraged in a NG9- 1-1
environment ... CSEC
is taking a vital role in
assuring that the data will
be well maintained and
interoperable.CSE ,
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