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C-8.2.1 - Act respecting emergency communication centres
Section 1
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1. The purpose of this Act is to ensure an appropriate, efficient and quality response to communications received by emergency communication centres.
The Act applies to the following emergency communication centres:
(1) a 9-1-1 emergency centre, meaning a centre that receives communications requiring one or more emergency interventions, determines the nature of the emergency for each communication and transmits the communication with any relevant information to the appropriate secondary emergency communication centre, whether it is a dispatch centre for a fire safety service or a police force or a health communication centre within the meaning of the Act respecting pre-hospital emergency services (chapter S-6.2), or, where required, to another 9-1-1 emergency centre; or
(2) a secondary emergency communication centre that is the dispatch centre for a fire safety service or a police force.
1. The purpose of this Act is the protection of persons and property against disasters, through prevention measures, emergency response planning, response operations in actual or imminent disaster situations and recovery operations.
1. The purpose of this Act is the protection of persons and property against disasters, through mitigation measures, emergency response planning, response operations in actual or imminent disaster situations and recovery operations.
