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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:

911 PSAP selective router demarcation point” is the physical point at which the public network of a telecommunications company ends and the private network of the Borough’s 911 system begins.

911 service area” or “enhanced 911 service area” means the area within the Borough that has been designated to receive enhanced 911 service; the area designated to receive an enhanced 911 system is not a “service area” under Article X, Section 5 of the Alaska Constitution.

Borough” means the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Enhanced 911 equipment” means any equipment dedicated to the operation of, or use in, the establishment, operation or maintenance of an enhanced 911 system, including customer premises equipment, automatic number identification or automatic location identification controllers and display units, printers, recorders, software and other essential communication equipment.

Enhanced 911 system” or “system” means a telephone system consisting of network, database and enhanced 911 equipment that uses the single three-digit number, 911, for reporting a medical, fire, police, or other emergency situation, and which enables the users of a public telephone system to reach a public safety answering point and includes the personnel required to acquire, install, operate and maintain the system.

Local exchange access line” means a telephone line that connects a local exchange service customer to the local exchange telephone company switching office and has the capability of reaching local public safety agencies, but does not include a line used by a carrier to provide interexchange services.

Local exchange service” means the transmission of two-way interactive switched voice communications furnished by a local exchange telephone company within the Fairbanks North Star Borough, including access to enhanced 911 systems.

Local exchange telephone company” means a telephone utility certified by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to provide local exchange service in the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Public safety answering point” means a 24-hour local communications facility that receives 911 service calls and directly dispatches emergency response services or that relays calls to the appropriate public or private safety agency. (Amended during 2016 republication; Ord. 2013-64 § 4, 2013; Ord. 2010-59 § 3, 2011; Ord. 93-057 § 2, 1993. 2004 Code § 8.03.020.)