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911 Laws in
Iowa
34.2 911
SERVICE
After July 1, 1986, when 911 service is established in a service
area each public agency, public safety agency, and private safety
entity serving territory within the service area shall participate
in providing the 911 service. The 911 service shall be established
according to a written plan which has the written approval of the
governing bodies of each public agency, public safety agency, and
private safety entity serving territory within the 911 service area.
This chapter does not prohibit or discourage participation in or the
provision of 911 service covering the territory of more than one
public agency, public safety agency, or private safety entity. A
system established pursuant to this section may serve the territory
of more than one public agency, public safety agency, or private
safety entity or may include a part of their respective territories.
Public agencies, public safety agencies, and private safety entities
may enter into agreements under chapter 28E to provide 911 service.
The
digits "911" shall be the primary emergency telephone number within
the 911 service areas established under this section. A public
safety agency or a private safety entity whose services are
available through a 911 system may maintain a separate secondary
backup number for emergencies, and shall maintain a separate number
for nonemergency telephone calls.
A
911 system shall be capable of transmitting requests for law
enforcement, fire fighting, and emergency medical and ambulance
services to a public safety agency or agencies that provide the
requested service at the place where the call originates. A 911
system may also provide for transmitting requests for emergency
management, poison control, suicide prevention, and other emergency
services. The public safety answering point shall be capable of
receiving calls from deaf and hard-of-hearing persons through a
telecommunications device for the deaf. Conferencing capability with
counseling, aid to persons with disabilities, and other services as
deemed necessary for identifying appropriate emergency response
services may be provided by the 911 service. A public safety
answering point may transmit emergency response requests to private
safety entities.
718.6
FALSE REPORTS TO OR COMMUNICATIONS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES
A
person who reports or causes to be reported false information to a
fire department, a law enforcement authority, or other public safety
entity, knowing that the information is false, or who reports the
alleged occurrence of a criminal act knowing the act did not occur,
commits a simple misdemeanor, unless the alleged criminal act reported
is a serious or aggravated misdemeanor or felony, in which case the
person commits a serious misdemeanor.
A
person who telephones an emergency 911 communications center knowing
that the person is not reporting an emergency or otherwise needing
emergency information or assistance commits a simple misdemeanor.
A
person who knowingly provides false information to a law enforcement
officer who enters the information on a citation commits a simple
misdemeanor, unless the criminal act for which the citation is issued
is a serious or aggravated misdemeanor or felony, in which case the
person commits a serious misdemeanor.
727.5
OBSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
An
emergency communication is any telephone call or radio transmission
to a fire department or police department for aid, or a call or
transmission for medical aid or ambulance service, when human life
or property is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is
essential. A person who fails to relinquish a telephone or telephone
line which the person is using when informed that the phone or line
is needed for an emergency call or knowingly and intentionally
obstructs or interferes with an emergency call or transmission
commits a simple misdemeanor.
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