9-1-1 COMMUNICATIONS 

Updated 03/17/08                             

 Toll Free Number

For 9-1-1 Addressing Calls

877-917-3911

OVERVIEW

The GCRPC developed a Regional 9-1-1 Plan to cover DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, and Victoria counties. Calhoun County was not included in the regional plan since it had previously established a 9-1-1 emergency communications district. The plan approved by the Commission on State Emergency Communications, the State 9-1-1 Commission, includes Automatic Number Identification (ANI), Automatic Location Identification (ALI), and Selective Routing (SR). These enhanced features allow for the display of the seven digit telephone number of the emergency caller and the address for that telephone to be displayed at the public safety answering point when 9-1-1 is dialed.

Essentially a user based system, a local service fee of 50 cents per local exchange access line per month is collected and maintained within the region. In addition, an equalization surcharge fee of three-tenths of one percent is also imposed on each customer receiving intrastate long distance service. This surcharge is collected by the State and distributed to those regions where the local service fees collected are not enough to establish 9-1-1 service. These funds are used to establish and upgrade the 9-1-1 equipment and to assist the counties in providing physical addresses to all residents.

Lesley Sciba

Director of Regional 911 Services

For additional information contact Lesley at (361) 578-1587, Fax (361) 580-3132 or 

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