11 NCAC 05A .0908         COMMUNICATIONS AND ALARMS

(a)  Fire departments shall utilize the Public Service Answering Point (PSAP) established pursuant to G.S. 143B, Article 15, Part 10, to receive 911 calls and dispatching, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

(b)  Notification to firefighters of emergencies may be provided by pagers, portable radios with alerting capabilities, or station alerting devices with paid personnel. Text paging or phone paging by a third party shall not be an acceptable means of notification.

(c)  In jurisdictions utilizing Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems, the fire department that is responsible for the fire district shall be dispatched, along with the closest unit recommendation of the AVL systems. In accordance with 11 NCAC 05A .0903(g), if a jurisdiction is utilizing AVL for unit dispatch, it shall ensure that an apparatus with a minimum of 1,000 gallons of water is dispatched as required by the automatic aid protocols.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 58-2-40; 58-36-10; 58-40-25;

Eff. January 1, 2018.