38.60.020 – Definitions.
RCW 38.60.020 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Certification board” means the voluntary public safety telecommunicator certification board. (2) “Public safety answering point” includes primary public safety answering points that receive 911 calls directly from the public and secondary public safety answering points that […]
38.56.010 – Definitions.
RCW 38.56.010 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Assistance” means emergency responders and resources provided by a responding member jurisdiction in response to a request from a requesting member jurisdiction. (2) “Department” means the state military department. (3) “Emergency” means an event or set […]
38.56.020 – Intrastate mutual aid system—Established.
RCW 38.56.020 Intrastate mutual aid system—Established. (1) The intrastate mutual aid system is established to provide for mutual assistance in an emergency among political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes that choose to participate as member jurisdictions. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, member jurisdictions of the intrastate mutual aid system […]
38.52.545 – Priorities for 911 funding.
RCW 38.52.545 Priorities for 911 funding. In specifying rules defining the purposes for which available state 911 moneys may be expended, the state 911 coordinator, with the advice and assistance of the 911 advisory committee, must consider needs necessary to provide a baseline level of 911 service by individual counties and their designated Washington state […]
38.52.550 – Emergency communications systems and information—Immunity from civil liability.
RCW 38.52.550 Emergency communications systems and information—Immunity from civil liability. A telecommunications company, radio communications service company, or interconnected voice over internet protocol service company, providing emergency communications systems or services or a business or individual providing database information to 911 emergency communications personnel is not liable for civil damages caused by an act or […]
38.52.561 – 911 calls from radio communications and interconnected voice over internet protocol service companies—Technical and operational standards.
RCW 38.52.561 911 calls from radio communications and interconnected voice over internet protocol service companies—Technical and operational standards. The state 911 coordinator, with the advice and assistance of the 911 advisory committee, must set nondiscriminatory, uniform technical and operational standards consistent with the rules of the federal communications commission for the transmission of 911 calls […]
38.52.575 – Information in automatic number identification or automatic location identification database that is part of county 911 emergency communications system—Other information associated with county 911 emergency communications system—Exemption from public inspection and copying.
RCW 38.52.575 Information in automatic number identification or automatic location identification database that is part of county 911 emergency communications system—Other information associated with county 911 emergency communications system—Exemption from public inspection and copying. (1) Information contained in an automatic number identification or automatic location identification database that is part of a county 911 emergency […]
38.52.577 – Information from automatic number identification, automatic location identification database, or voluntarily submitted for inclusion in emergency notification system—Exemption from public inspection and copying.
RCW 38.52.577 Information from automatic number identification, automatic location identification database, or voluntarily submitted for inclusion in emergency notification system—Exemption from public inspection and copying. Information obtained from an automatic number identification or automatic location identification database or voluntarily submitted to a local agency for inclusion in an emergency notification system is exempt from public […]
38.52.580 – State agency communication plan for emergencies and disasters—Copy to legislature—Report.
RCW 38.52.580 State agency communication plan for emergencies and disasters—Copy to legislature—Report. Beginning December 1, 2019, a state agency that provides life safety information in an emergency or disaster must provide, to the relevant committees of the legislature, a copy of its current communication plan for notifying significant population segments of such information, including the […]
38.52.900 – Short title.
RCW 38.52.900 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Washington Emergency Management Act. [ 1984 c 38 § 43; 1974 ex.s. c 171 § 41; 1951 c 178 § 1.]