The 911 Trust Ledger Foundation is being established to govern an open protocol for data integrity across the emergency communications ecosystem. Neutral, community-governed, and built for an era when AI is making decisions that affect lives.
When voice moved from analog to IP, the industry didn't leave standards to the market. It built neutral governance structures to ensure the transition served the public interest.
When that happened — when voice moved from analog to IP — the industry didn't leave standards to the market. It built neutral governance structures: open protocols, shared frameworks, community oversight. Not to pick winners. To ensure the transition served the public interest rather than any single vendor's.
AI entering emergency services is that kind of shift. The data infrastructure it requires — verifiable, tamper-evident, cross-system — can't be owned by any one company. It needs to be governed the same way the internet's foundational layers are governed: openly, neutrally, by the community that depends on it.
That's why the 911 Trust Ledger Foundation exists.
The Foundation's work has two parts.
First, we develop and steward the 911TL Protocol — an open, permissioned framework for creating tamper-evident, verifiable records of events across the 911 ecosystem. It's designed to sit beneath existing systems, not replace them. Data stays where it lives. Only the proof moves.
Second, we build the community that governs it. Standards, working groups, participation agreements, and governance structures — the same institutional scaffolding that made the internet's foundational protocols trustworthy and durable.
The protocol is the product. The Foundation is the institution that ensures no single company ever owns it.
Every key event in the 911 workflow generates a tamper-evident proof. Data stays in existing systems — only the verification is shared across the ecosystem.
Transactions require endorsement from multiple trusted participants. No single vendor or agency can unilaterally write — or rewrite — the record.
Designed to complement NENA i3, EIDO, and emerging state frameworks. An open protocol that vendors and integrators can build on today.
Personally identifiable data stays within existing systems. Only tamper-evident proofs are recorded on the shared ledger.
The decisions made now — about governance, protocol design, and participation standards — will shape this infrastructure for decades. We're looking for the people who want to be in that room.
Help design and build the 911TL protocol from the ground up. We're forming the first technical working group and looking for engineers, architects, and domain experts who understand the NG911 stack.
Express interest →If your organization operates in the NG911 ecosystem — as a vendor, integrator, PSAP, or AI company — founding partnership is how you help shape the governance structure while establishing your place in it.
Express interest →The Foundation is being established as a nonprofit. Philanthropic support at any level helps fund the technical and governance work that no single vendor should pay for alone.
Make a contribution →I've spent my career building the 911 ecosystem. A few years ago I noticed a shift starting.
AI.
It was quiet at first. Then louder, now screaming. AI is here and everyone is talking about it.
What people aren't talking about is the data infrastructure that is required for AI to really be successful. Data in the 911 ecosystem is scattered and fragmented — that is not the environment that brings out the best in AI systems.
That's why I'm building the 911 Trust Ledger Foundation.
The shift that is happening right now is not that different than the transition from analog to IP voice. The organizations that understand that early will shape the governance of the future. They will be positioned for what is coming.
If that resonates, let's talk.
The organizations that understand this shift early will shape the governance of the future.
Whether you want to contribute to the protocol, explore founding partnership, or simply learn more — we want to hear from you.