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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 403.115: 9-1-1 as primary emergency number; participation in emergency communications system; telephone book emergency listings; requirements.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. 10 - Highways, Military
  2. 32. Military Affairs; Emergency Services
  3. Chapter 403 — Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems

(1) The primary emergency telephone number within this state is 9-1-1, but a public or private safety agency shall maintain both a separate 10-digit secondary emergency number for use by a telephone operator or provider and a separate 10-digit nonemergency number.

      (2) Every public and private safety agency in this state shall participate in the emergency communications system.

      (3) An emergency telephone number other than 9-1-1 may not be published on the top three-quarters of the emergency listing page of a telephone book. However, an alternative nonemergency telephone number for a 9-1-1 jurisdiction may be printed on the top three-quarters of the emergency listing page of a telephone book. The publisher may use the remainder of the page to list the Oregon Poison Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services system and United States Coast Guard, where applicable. The publisher shall refer to the community services section for other numbers.

      (4) The emergency communications system must provide:

      (a) Interconnectivity between public safety answering points and interconnectivity with providers of the same or similar emergency response services nationally;

      (b) The capability, within each primary public safety answering point, to receive all emergency calls placed locally within each 9-1-1 service area; and

      (c) The automatic location identification accurately portraying the location from which each emergency call originates.

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