Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Division 30 - Office of the Director
Chapter 13 - 911 Training and Standards Act
Section 11 CSR 30-13.020 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines the terms used in the rules, which pertain to the training of telecommunicators.
(1) Committee refers to the advisory committee for 911 service oversight established in section 650.325, RSMo.
(2) Department refers to the Missouri Department of Public Safety.
(3) Joint Communications Center refers to a public safety answering point which dispatches fire, law enforcement, and emergency medical service agencies.
(4) Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) refers to the location at which 911 calls are answered initially.
(5) Telecommunicator is any person employed as an emergency telephone worker, call taker, or public safety dispatcher whose duties include receiving, processing, or transmitting public safety information received through a Public Safety Answering Point.
*Original authority: 650.340, RSMo 1999, amended 2007.
