A unified front of the nation's leading public safety and public health organizations submitted comments this week in support of a proposed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule to help emergency responders more quickly and accurately find 911 callers using wireless phones from indoor locations. More than 300 individuals and organizations filed during the initial comment period with the overwhelming majority supporting the FCC proposal.
Among those supporting the rule were many of the largest and most respected organizations representing 911 professionals, police officers, firefighters, EMS workers, public safety professionals, older Americans, heart attack and Alzheimer's patients, and the deaf and hard of hearing. They were joined by hundreds of individual 911 dispatchers and first responders who submitted personal comments through the FCC's website or in survey responses that were filed with the FCC.