PSAP - Public Safety Answering Point

Identifies the Public Safety Answering Point to be used in the event of an Automatic Number Identification (ANI) failure.

NOTE 1: When the entry in this field contains a CLLI Code, the format and structure of this field is defined in the ANSI approved standard, ATIS-0300253, Identification of Location Entities for Information Exchange or by COMMON LANGUAGE in BR-795-402-100. A brief summary of the format can be found in ATIS-0404000, Section 2.14.1. 

VALID ENTRIES:

PREFIX

FOLLOWED BY

DESCRIPTION

E

Location

Name of the county, township, borough or emergency response agency, which will receive all E911 traffic in an ANI failure.

C

CLLI Code

CLLI Code assigned to the PSAP, which will receive all E911 traffic in an ANI failure.

NOTE 1: Valid CLLI Codes are maintained by Telcordia Technologies.

USAGE: This field is conditional.

NOTE 1: Prohibited when the first position of the REQTYP field on the ASR Form is “L”.

NOTE 2: Required when the ACT field on the ASR Form is “N”, the TRFTYP is “E9” and the ACTI field on the ASR Form is “A”, “B” or “C”.

NOTE 3: Otherwise optional.

DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 25 alpha/numeric characters

EXAMPLES: E H O W A R D

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