On February 25, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) reintroduced the Enhancing First Response Act, a bipartisan, zero-cost bill that would fix the federal classification of 9-1-1 professionals, improve the information shared during 9-1-1 outages and examine enhancements for 9-1-1 calls made from multi-line telephone systems
Reclassification Update: U.S. House of Representatives Reintroduces Original 9-1-1 SAVES Act
Earlier this month, Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), joined by several cosponsors, reintroduced the 9-1-1 SAVES Act (H.R. 637), correcting an amended version of the legislation that was introduced earlier this year.
U.S. House of Representatives Reintroduces the 9-1-1 SAVES Act
On January 16, Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced the 9-1-1 SAVES Act in a step toward correcting the classification of public safety telecommunicators in the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC).
Standing Up, Standing Behind the 9-1-1 SAVES Act
My fellow Atlantic Chapter of APCO member Tim Cunningham and I were honored to have been invited to literally stand behind Rep. Norma J. Torres (CA-D-34) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-R-1) along with other members of the 9-1-1 community as they gave their remarks during the introduction ceremony for H.R. 6319 9-1-1 SAVES Act.
