TITLE 83: PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER I: ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION
SUBCHAPTER f: TELEPHONE UTILITIES
PART 725 STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS
SECTION 725.620 DISASTER PROCEDURES


 

Section 725.620  Disaster Procedures

 

a)         Each PSAP management shall develop procedures providing for the continued operation of a 9-1-1 answer point in the event that critical functions of the PSAP are partially or totally disabled due to natural or man-made disasters.

 

b)         Each telecommunications carrier's central office shall be equipped with call boxes to serve a 9-1-1 system if there is an outage or disaster or may be provisioned to provide diverse routing in lieu of a call box, except as provided in Section 725.500(p)(2).  Once accessed by authorized personnel, the call boxes are under direct control of system management.                                                        

(Source:  Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 15742, effective December 1, 2004)