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PSAP Boundaries, WI 2017

Identification Information

Citation
Title
PSAP Boundaries, WI 2017
Originator
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Publication Date
2021-12-17
Edition
2017
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Statewide
Abstract
This data layer represents PSAP boundaries for Wisconsin in 2017.
Purpose
This data is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. [Homeland Security Use Cases: Use cases describe how the data may be used and help to define and clarify requirements. 1) A disaster has struck, or is predicted for, a locality. The PSAP that may be affected must be identified and verified to be operational. 2) In the event that the local PSAP is inoperable, adjacent PSAP locations could be identified and utilized. 911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) service area boundaries in the United States According to the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) is a facility equipped and staffed to receive 9-1-1 calls. The service area is the geographic area within which a 911 call placed using a landline is answered at the associated PSAP. This dataset only includes primary PSAPs. Secondary PSAPs, backup PSAPs, and wireless PSAPs have been excluded from this dataset. Primary PSAPs receive calls directly, whereas secondary PSAPs receive calls that have been transferred by a primary PSAP. Backup PSAPs provide service in cases where another PSAP is inoperable. Most military bases have their own emergency telephone systems. To connect to such a system from within a military base, it may be necessary to dial a number other than 9 1 1. Due to the sensitive nature of military installations, TGS did not actively research these systems. If civilian authorities in surrounding areas volunteered information about these systems, or if adding a military PSAP was necessary to fill a hole in civilian provided data, TGS included it in this dataset. Otherwise, military installations are depicted as being covered by one or more adjoining civilian emergency telephone systems. In some cases, areas are covered by more than one PSAP boundary. In these cases, any of the applicable PSAPs may take a 911 call. Where a specific call is routed may depend on how busy the applicable PSAPs are (i.e., load balancing), operational status (i.e., redundancy), or time of day / day of week. If an area does not have 911 service, TGS included that area in the dataset along with the address and phone number of their dispatch center. These are areas where someone must dial a 7 or 10 digit number to get emergency services. These records can be identified by a "Y" in the [NON911EMNO] field. This indicates that dialing 911 inside one of these areas does not connect one with emergency services. This dataset was constructed by gathering information about PSAPs from state level officials. In some cases, this was geospatial information; in other cases, it was tabular. This information was supplemented with a list of PSAPs from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Each PSAP was researched to verify its tabular information. In cases where the source data was not geospatial, each PSAP was researched to determine its service area in terms of existing boundaries (e.g., city and county boundaries). In some cases, existing boundaries had to be modified to reflect coverage areas (e.g., "entire county north of Country Road 30"). However, there may be cases where minor deviations from existing boundaries are not reflected in this dataset, such as the case where a particular PSAPs coverage area includes an entire county plus the homes and businesses along a road which is partly in another county. At the request of NGA, text fields in this dataset have been set to all upper case to facilitate consistent database engine search results. At the request of NGA, all diacritics (e.g., the German umlaut or the Spanish tilde) have been replaced with their closest equivalent English character to facilitate use with database systems that may not support diacritics.]
Supplemental Information
Archived dataset at UW-Madison. For the most recent version of this data please visit: https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2017-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-92.888122
East
-86.805421
North
47.080629
South
42.491991
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNIS
Theme Keyword
Public safety
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Point of Contact
Contact
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Delivery Point
2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
City
Washington, DC
Postal Code
20528-0525
Country
US
Phone
202-282-8000

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
3857
Code Space
EPSG
Version
6.18.3(9.3.1.2)

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Process Step
Description
Provided access to archived data at UW-Madison.
Process Date
2021-12-17T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
10.1
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distributor
Online Access
https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/WI_PSAP_Boundaries_2017.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
150

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
5342E217-423E-4E47-8DA1-70B5B5BEEFDC
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
Metadata Technician
Delivery Point
550 N. Park Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
(608) 262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2021-12-17
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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