Public Saftey Answering Point (Psap)

E9-1-1

PUBLIC SAFTEY ANSWERING POINT (PSAP)

SITE REQUIREMENTS

TO INCLUDE

INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT WORKSTATION (IIWS)

Approving Signatures Date

PSAP/BIC ENGINEER: ______

NETWORK I&M: ______

EQUIPMENT ENGINEER______

MARKETING: ______

CUSTOMER: ______

PAGE NO.

LETTER TO CUSTOMER 03

E9-1-1 EQUIPMENT ROOM AND CALL TAKER AREA AGREEMENT

· CUSTOMERS RESPONSIBILITY 05

E9-1-1 POWER AND GROUNDING

· SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENTS 07

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· SYSTEM EQUIPMENT GROUNDING 07

· CUSTOMER PROVIDED MATERIALS – TABLE “A” 09

· COMMERCIAL POWER AND GROUND REQUIREMENTS

SCHEMATIC 10

EQUIPMENT ROOM AND CALL TAKER DRAWING EXAMPLES 13-19

NOTE - SPECIFIC SITE DRAWINGS SHALL BE AN ATTACHMENT

TO THIS DOCUMENT.Name: ______

Engineer-PSAP/BICS

Address: ______

______

Date: ______

To: ______

Attn: ______

Dear: ______,

I wish to thank you for the courtesies extended to me during our recent discussion concerning the communication facilities for your ______

Located at ______in ______,

Al, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, Ms, NC, SC or Tn.

The requirements we agreed upon will be of mutual benefit to you and BellSouth. Enclosed please find our design proposal reflecting these requirements. Required items should be completed by ______. Completion by this date will allow BellSouth’s construction forces enough time to have permanent service scheduled to be available on ______.

Each of these requirements, as well as work being performed by BellSouth, is described in detail in the enclosed specifications and sketches. Please provide your electrical contractor and any other personnel in your organization needing this information, a copy of the specifications and sketches.

Please notify me when the electrical contractor has completed their work. BellSouth will then perform an electrical acceptance review to make sure the work meets our requirements and specifications. This will minimize the need to call the electrical contractor back at an additional cost to you.

In order to complete our file, we would appreciate your acknowledging the receipt of this letter and approval of our proposed plan. Please indicate approval by signing and returning the cover sheet promptly in the enclosed envelope.

If you have questions or desire information on this or any future project, please call me at ___-___-____.

Respectfully

PSAP Engineering/Building Industry Consultant

REF: FILE: ______

E9-1-1 EQUIPMENT ROOM AND CALL TAKER AREA AGREEMENT

1. IT SHALL BE THE CUSTOMER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO:

1.1 ProvideProvide adequate space for the E9-1-1 equipment as shown on the enclosed floor plan. The space shall be in a clear environment, one that is moisture proof and as near dust proof as possible. The floor shall be suitably sealed and level. The equipment room door shall not be less than 36 inches wide and equipped with a lock.

1.2. Provide space in an area free of electromagnetic fields greater than 3.0 volts per meter. Examples of possible strong electromagnetic fields are:

(A) Powerful AM or FM Radio or TV transmitters.

(B) Motors more than 1/4 HP having commutators and located in the same or

adjacent room.

1.3. Assure the equipment room will be free of contaminates. Copy machines are potential source of contaminates.

1.4. Design the equipment room to conform to OSHA standards concerning lighting and noise level.

1.5. Assure the floor will carry a weight of approximately 425 pounds for the E9-1-1 common equipment cabinet. Concentrated floor loading under the casters is approximately 150 pounds per square inch.

1.6. Maintain clear access to the equipment and keep this area clear for installation and maintenance of equipment.

1.7. Maintain the room ambient temperature between 65-85 degrees Fahrenheit with a relative humidity range of 20-60%. FAILURE TO MEET THIS CRITERIA MAY CAUSE DEGRADATION OF SERVICE. In order to aid determining the air conditioning requirements, the heat dissipation for the system is approximately 172500 BTU/HR.

1.8. Provide plywood backboards as shown on the floor plan.

1.9. Provide support facilities such as conduit, raceways, etc. that are needed to provide cable and grounding for the system, as shown on the attached sketches.

1.10 Provide electrical requirements as specified in Fig. 1 and the associated power requirements notes.

NOTE: The E9-1-1 service panel, receptacles and grounds shall be for E9-1-1 equipment only.

Please read and understand the following:

(A) The service date for this installation could be delayed if the above items are not completed five weeks before service date.

(B) The rates and charges specified in the local and general tariffs contemplate the establishment of service without abnormal working conditions or interruptions exist during the E9-1-1 installation interval, the Customer may be required to pay special charges as determined by the BellSouth.

(C) The customer is responsible for the protection of the telephone equipment and is liable for the damage to the equipment pursuant to the General. Subscriber Service Tariff A2.3.13 which provides: In case of damage, loss, thief, or destruction of any of the BellSouth’s property due to the negligence of willful act of the subscriber or other persons authorized to use the service, and not due to ordinary wear and tear or causes beyond the control of the subscriber, the subscriber shall be required to pay the expense incurred by BellSouth in connection with the replacement of the property damaged, lost, stolen, or destroyed, or the expense incurred in restoring it to its original condition.

(D) If a sprinkler system is installed in the equipment room, the sprinkler head is required to operate at the highest temperature allowed by code. A minimum standard would be to install a sprinkler valve head (fusible link) rated at 280 degrees Fahrenheit.

(E) Smoking shall not be permitted in the equipment area.

(F) Since smoke can damage sensitive telephone equipment, ventilation and/or air-conditioning should automatically shutdown when the building fire alarm, heat and/or smoke detector located in the duct workductwork supplying the equipment area is activated.

(G) Should any unsatisfactory conditions arise affecting the telephone equipment at any time after the equipment is in operation, the Customer will be required to make changes as directed by the BellSouth.

POWER AND GROUNDING

2. E9-1-1 SYSTEM ANSWERING POINT EQUIPMENT CABINET POWER REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Commercial power for the system is required regardless of whether an external battery plant is provided or not.

2.2 The rectifier is designed to operate from commercial 117 VAC +/- 10 percent, 60 Hz +/- 3 Hz.

2.3 Local arrangements shall be made to provide a circuit breaker box (load center) equipped with 20A thermal magnetic circuit breakers, wall mounted receptacles in equipment room, floor and/or wall mounted receptacles for IIWS equipment, ground bar assembly, (min) No. 6 insulated AWG bond wires, and (min) No. 6 AWG insulated ground wire to approve building ground. Ground/bonding wire sizing shall be determinedetermined by overall lengths. In all cases, wiring and materials must comply with local codes. This breaker box shall serve BellSouth’s E9-1-1 equipment only.

Note: The load center should be connected to a 340 AMP minimum circuit that is on the local emergency power or UPS .

2.4. The 20A circuit breaker must be capable of withstanding an initial current surge of 190A for a period of 100ms.

2.5 See attached (Table A) for a summary of required materials to be provided by the Customer.

2.6 The AC wiring between the circuit breaker and wall-mounted power receptacles shall be 12AWG (min).

3. SYSTEM EQUIPMENT GROUNDING

3.1 System grounding is accomplished by installing the following ground wires at the time of cabinet installation. All wires are terminated on the external ground bar located on the circuit breaker box (Fig. 1). This grounding scheme constitutes the single-point ground arrangement. Wire sizes described below or minimum except for (C). Lengths of wire runs shall determine size of wire/conductors.

(A) Home run No. 6 AWG (Min) insulated wire to approved ground (Customer)

(B) Home run No. 6 AWG (Min) insulated wire to IIWS, key or Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) System (Telco)

(D) Home run No. 6 AWG (Min) insulated wire to ground terminal on

E9-1-1 cabinet(s) (Telco)

3.2 Grounding/bond wire/conductor sizing:

a) 0’ to 70’ = No. 6 AWG

b) 70’ to 240’ = No. 1/0 AWG

c) More than 240’ = No. 2/0 AWG

NOTE: ALL GROUNDS WIRES SHALL BE INSULATED COPPER.

CUSTOMER PROVIDED MATERIALS:

TABLE A

ITEMS QTY NUMBER

Circuit breaker box 1 ITE catalog # EQ6 or

(load center) approved equivalent

20A thermal magnetic as required ITE catalog # QP1-B020

breaker or approved equivalent

Ground bar 2 ITE catalog # GB-10 or

approved equivalent

20AMP TWIST LOCK 1 Per Cabinet Hubbell** or equivalent

power receptacle*

(Minimum) 340A thermal 1 Feed for load center sub

Magnetic circuit Breaker panel from emergency

backup power source

i.e... Emergency Generator

or UPS.

* Isolated ground type receptacle

** Registered trademark of Hubbell, Havery, Inc.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The Customer shall notify BellSouth when the Electrical Contractor has completed their work. BellSouth will then do an electrical acceptance test to certify the work meets the requirements and specifications set forth in this document. This will minimize the need to call the Electrical Contractor back at an additional cost to the Customer.

NOTES RELATED TO FIG. 1 ON PAGE 10, (COMMERCIAL POWER AND GROUNDING REQUIREMENTS)

1. Circuit breaker box, circuit breakers, ground bar assembly, insulated (Min) No. 6 AWG bond wires, and insulated (Min) No. 6 AWG to approved building ground shall be furnished and installed by the Customer prior to start of installation.

2. The electrician shall permanently mount the two ground bars back-to-back on the circuit breaker sub panel. The bars are to be held together by two screws in a sandwich arrangement such that one bar is mounted inside the box and the other bar on the outside. To ensure a permanent reliable electrical bond between ground bars and circuit breaker box, star washers shall be used between each screw and ground bar, between each nut and ground bar, and between each ground bar and circuit breaker box wall. This bar arrangement constitutes the single-point ground system for the E9-1-1 system answer point.

3. The electrician shall use the inside ground bar to terminate the green wire ground (BUT NOT THE NEUTRAL WIRE).

4. These wires shall be kept as short as practicable. Conduit or other metallic enclosures shall not be used to replace the green wire ground.

5. All heavy (___) lines are ground wires to be installed by Telco personnel at time of cabinet installation. (See figure 1.)

6. The ground bar mounted on the circuit breaker box external wall shall be tagged with form E-3013B which request that the Telco Repair Service be notified if connection are loose or if they must be removed and a tag (from RF5724) that states “FOR E9-1-1 EQUIPMENT GROUNDING ONLY” shall be attached to the same ground bar by Telco personnel.

7. Approved ground is the “POWER SOURCE GROUND” which is the point the electrical service entering the building is connected to ground.

8. To preserve the integrity of the “SINGLE POINT” ground concept, verify the feed circuit from the emergency power panel and its conduit, the cabinet, conduits, and receptacles of the Customer-provide circuit breaker load center are not grounded to, or subject to, any other ground other than the ground bar.

9. All ground wires shall be insulated.

10. If metallic conduits are used they shall meet the requirements in No. 8 above.

(PVC OR A PVC NIPPLE AT THE SUB-PANEL IS RECOMMENDED TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM)

BELLSOUTH

PSAP ENGINEERING/BUILDING INDUSTRY CONSULTING SERVICE

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS:

FOR CUSTOMER PROVIDED SUPPORT STRUCTURES.

1. ALL CONDUITS TO BE:

· PVC SCHEDULE 40 RIGID NONMETALLIC UNLESS OTHERWISE

SPECIFIED.

· EQUIPPED WITH 12 GAUGE PULL WIRE OR 200 POUND TEST NYLON

PULL LINE.

· EQUIPPED WITH NO MORE THAN THE EQUIPMENT OF 2 QUARTER BENDS

· (TOTAL OF 180 DEGREES) BETWEEN CABLE PULLING POINTS.

THESE BENDS SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM RADIUS OF 10x DIAMETER OF CONDUIT.

· BURIED TO A DEPTH OF 24” - 36” BELOW FINAL GRADE.

· STAKED WITH AN ORANGE MARKER.

· CAPPED TO PREVENT WATER DAMAGE.

· SEALED AND FIRE STOPPED BY CUSTOMER AFTER CABLE PLACEMENT BY BELLSOUTH.

2. ALL PLYWOOD TO BE 3/4” THICK.

3. A 3’ MAINTENANCE AREA IS REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES IN FRONT OF TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT.

4. ALL CONDUITS, PULL STRINGS, BOXES AND PLYWOOD BACKBOARDS BY CUSTOMER.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR STANDARDAZATION:

1. THE FOLLOWING DRAWINGS ARE EXAMPLES OF THE REQUIRED DRAWINGS THAT SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EVERY E9-1-1 SITE INSTALLATIONS.

2. THESE EXAMPLES SHOULD BE USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE ACTUAL DRAWINGS FOR A SPECIFIC SITE AND THEY SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THIS AGREEMENT. THESE DRAWINGS SHALL CONSIST OF AN EQUIPMENT ROOM LAYOUT, CALL TAKER / COMMUNICATIONS ROOM LAYOUT AND THE BUILDING ENTRANCE LAYOUT PER REQUIREMENTS.

3. THE ATTACHED POWER POINT DRAWING/FILE SHOULD BE USED AS THE STANDARD FORMAT. THIS DRAWING/FILE SHOULD BE ADJUSTED WHERE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPECIFIC SITE.