(a) Each public
safety answering point (PSAP), as defined in K.S.A. 2020 Supp.
12-5363
and amendments thereto, shall maintain NG911 geographic information system
(GIS) data to the current standard.
(b) Each PSAP shall identify one individual
or vendor as a local data maintainer, who shall perform updates to the GIS
data. Each PSAP shall identify the local data maintainer to the council through
the council's web portal.
Each PSAP shall also identify a second individual as local data
steward, who shall be responsible for ensuring that GIS data updates are
submitted through the council's web portal. Each PSAP shall identify the local
data steward to the council through the council's web portal.
(c) The local data steward and the local data
maintainer shall attend a training class provided by the council's GIS
committee and shall create a user account on the council's web
portal.
(d) Data updates shall
include all new or changed roads, addresses, and emergency service boundaries
for which the required information is available as well as any needed
corrections to existing data. Each PSAP shall develop contacts with local
government authorities in order to ensure that GIS data relating to
geographical changes, name changes, construction additions, subtractions, and
modifications and any other information required to ensure the accuracy of GIS
data are made known for inclusion in GIS data as soon as possible.
(e) Each data maintainer shall submit data
updates to the web portal in the NG911 template geodatabase format.
Each submission shall pass all validation tests to be
considered successful.
(f)
If there are no changes to the data in a calendar quarter, the local data
steward shall submit or ensure that the local data maintainer submits a report
of "no changes" through the council's web portal for that calendar
quarter.
(g) Each PSAP shall submit
data often enough to keep the 911 routing databases accurate and current. At a
minimum, a successful data submission or report of "no changes" shall be made
at least once each calendar quarter. Normal calendar quarters, ending March 31,
June 30, September 30, and December 31, shall be followed.
Reports of "no changes" shall be accepted for no more than
three consecutive quarters. After three consecutive quarters of reports of "no
changes," successful data submission shall be required.
