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Attachment A - Joint Agreement for 800 MHz CCCS Page 61 of 83 Management The Lead Agency is responsible for authorizing, programming and managing scanning in subscriber templates. 5.11 Emergency Button Technical Background The emergency button feature allows a radio user to send an emergency notification by pressing a button on the radio. The notifications audibly and visually alert dispatch console positions that have the initiating radios talkgroup in their active configuration. Other subscriber radios on the same talkgroup also receive the emergency notification, once the `emergency' radio is keyed which will display the IUID (or alias if available) of the radio generating the emergency. Emergency calls are also automatically assigned the highest priority available by the System controller and are the first available from the queue if the System is in a busy situation. Operational Context The orange button on a portable or mobile radio will be programmed with the emergency feature for all agencies. Each agency should establish their own policy on how this feature might be used, taking into consideration how it will impact the System and other users including the Control One. The emergency feature can be used to alert dispatch and other users of an emergency situation and simultaneously allow the activated radio to have priority over other subscriber radios on the same talkgroup. Protocol/Standard The use of the emergency button as an emergency signaling option shall be available to any agency on the System, subject to certain conditions and provisions including: • Agencies must provide training to all users to ensure the safe and effective use of this feature. The Lead Agency can also provide training and training materials. • It is the individual agency's responsibility to determine how an emergency alarm will be deployed for their operation and the subsequent response to the alarm. • If a user is temporarily assigned a radio other than their normal issued equipment, it is essential that their designated monitoring point be made aware of the radio Identification to cross-reference it to the correct user in the event an emergency button activation occurs. • All agencies implementing the emergency feature shall have a plan in place to respond to emergency button activation. All emergency button response plans must include the following: • An established radio monitoring point with the necessary console hardware/software to receive, display and acknowledge the alert. • Established monitoring point must be capable of Identifying which radio user pushed the button and capable of responding to the user in need. (Dispatch Center or Control One)