Funds provided through the Indiana Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1Advisory Board
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, Chairman of the Indiana Wireless
Enhanced 9-1-1 Advisory Board (Wireless Board), announced that Madison County’s 9-1-1 program received a total of $423,534.20 for the 2008 calendar year.
“As the Chairman of the
Indiana Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Advisory Board, I am extremely pleased that we
were able to provide vital funds to each of the emergency management service
programs in Indiana’s 92 counties,” explained Treasurer Mourdock.
“Our monies are generally used to fund the day-to-day operations and the
technological needs of local Public Safety Answering Points.”
In addition to providing
funding for local Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), the Wireless Board is
responsible for the oversight of Indiana’s Enhanced 9-1-1 (IN911)
network. The IN911 network routes all wireless emergency 9-1-1 calls made in
Indiana to the nearest PSAP, which, in turn, notifies local emergency
authorities and services. Funds that support the IN911 network and that get
distributed to local 9-1-1 programs are collected as monthly subscriber fees on
wireless phones as required by Indiana statute.
“In Indiana, we are at
the forefront of emergency wireless technology and considered a national model
by many,” stated Treasurer Mourdock. “I and the other members of
the Indiana Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Advisory Board take our responsibilities to
our fellow Hoosiers very seriously. We will continue to upgrade and improve our
services as new technologies emerge in the emergency wireless field.”
