38.56.080 – Emergency responder of a responding member jurisdiction—Tort liability or immunity.
RCW 38.56.080 Emergency responder of a responding member jurisdiction—Tort liability or immunity. For purposes of tort liability or immunity, an emergency responder of a responding member jurisdiction is considered an agent of the requesting member jurisdiction. No responding member jurisdiction or its officers or employees providing assistance under this chapter is liable for any act […]
38.60.010 – Findings.
RCW 38.60.010 Findings. (1) The legislature acknowledges that a primary responsibility of government is to ensure public safety and that almost always an emergency response begins with a request to 911 for assistance. Requests to 911 and subsequent emergency response communications are managed by public safety telecommunicator professionals. These first responders are essential workers who […]
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 […]
38.52.940 – Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
RCW 38.52.940 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships […]
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 […]