Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

Alyssa's Law

Definition:

Mandates panic alarm systems in public schools to swiftly alert law enforcement during emergencies, named after Alyssa Alhadeff, a victim of the 2018 Parkland shooting.

Steering

The process of routing an ALI bid to an alternative database when an ALI bid is made using a specific NXX or an NRF is returned by the database...

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Traceroute

Traceroute is a network diagnostic tool used to track the pathway taken by a packet on an IP network from source to destination in real time,...

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ALI Steering

When the ALI provider receives a bid from a PSAP that has been configured to retrieve from an alternate ALI, the ALI provider steers that bid to the...

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Alternate Routing

A method by which 9‐1‐1 calls are routed to a designated alternate location if all IEN or wireless lines to the primary PSAP are busy, or the primary...

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