Enhancing First Response Act
Current understanding
The Enhancing First Response Act would impose new FCC reporting and oversight duties tied to Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) activations, 9-1-1 outage transparency, and Kari’s Law implementation, and would direct OMB to reclassify public safety telecommunicators as a protective-service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification system. For workers, the SOC reclassification would formally recognize 9-1-1 dispatchers alongside police, fire, and EMS in federal labor statistics; for employers (primarily PSAPs and telecom carriers), the bill adds reporting, field-hearing, and audit obligations without new spectrum or rate authority.
Evidence log
- 2026-06-15 — Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025: cross-connection with fighting-ptsd-act-2025: Both bills advance federal policy attention to first responder occupational wellbeing, with the PTSD Act focused specifically on mental health program design. (novelty: 2)