an agency or facility which is authorized by a municipality to receive and respond to police, fire and/or ambulance services
an agency or group of agencies designated and authorized to receive and respond to emergency calls requiring one or more public services, such as Police, Fire or Emergency Medical Service
Public Safety Answering Point. A generic name for a municipal or county emergency communication center (ECC) dis-patch agency that directs 9-1-1 or other emergency calls to appro-priate police, fire, and EMS agencies and personnel.
Public Safety Answering Point. An answering location for 9-1-1 calls originating in a given area. A PSAP may be designated Primary or Secondary, which refers to the order in which calls are directed for answering. Primary PSAPs respond first; Secondary PSAPs receive calls on a transfer basis only, and generally serve as a centralized answering location for a particular type of emergency call. PSAPs are staffed by employees of Emergency Response Agencies (ERAs) such as police, fire or emergency medical agencies or by employees of a common bureau serving a group of such entities.
The central point where the 911 call is received and responded to.
(Public Safety Answering Point): The initial answering location of a 9-1-1 call. Sometimes called a 9-1-1 center.
The dispatch office that receives 911 calls from the public. A PSAP may be local fire or police department, an ambulance service or a regional office covering all services.
Public Safety Answering Point - The agency responsible for the jurisdiction from which the 9-1-1 call originated and to which the call is routed.
A physical location or dispatch center where 911 emergency phone calls are received and then routed to the proper emergency services in a given community (fire, police, ambulance, etc.).
Public Safety Answering Point many counties house full time 7x24 911 operators that are housed in this location. When a 9-1-1 call is routed properly it goes to the PSAP. Some VoIP line providers cannot provide that service at this time.
Public Safety Answering Point - The central point where the 9-1-1 call is received and responded.
The facility that takes incoming 911 calls and dispatches emergency response teams or hands the calls off to the appropriate agencies.