Public Safety and Security Committee
Government Administration and Elections Committee
AN ACT SUPPLEMENTING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE E 9-1-1 COMMISSION
SUMMARY: This act increases the membership of the E 9-1-1 Commission from 11 to 13 by adding a telecommunicator representative and a public member. (Telecommunicators are employed by public and private safety agencies to receive 9-1-1 calls and dispatch emergency services. ) All of the members, including the two the act adds, are appointed by the governor for three-year terms and serve without compensation.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2011
BACKGROUND
E 9-1-1 Commission
This commission advises the Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications on the planning, design, implementation, and coordination of the statewide emergency 9-1-1 telephone system.
The current commission members are (1) the state fire administrator; (2) one representative each from the State Police technical support services unit, Office of Emergency Medical Services, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Council of Small Towns, and the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities; and (3) one municipal police chief, municipal fire chief, volunteer firefighter, manager or coordinator of a 9-1-1 public safety answering point, and commercial radio service provider representative.
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