Recommendation 40: Ensure classroom phone lines are set up with a unique code (i.e., Direct Inward Dial) and that these codes are recorded in a database shared with E911 so that when a 9-1-1 call is placed, the E911 emergency medical dispatcher will be able to tell exactly which room in the school the call is coming from.
Lead Agency: Department of Safety, Division of Emergency Services and Communications
Update:
- Monitoring legislation.
- Department of Safety, Division of Emergency Services and Communications (DESC) has audited all public schools and provided information regarding direct inward dial capabilities.
- DESC is begin testing of charter, parochial and private schools for direct inward dial capabilities.
- DESC to begin testing of secondary education (higher ed).
