An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alternative form of regulation of telecommunications services, providing for compensation to volunteer fire companies for outages of 911 systems.

This bill requires telecommunications companies to pay volunteer fire companies $1,000 per hour when a system failure causes a 911 outage that forces them to station firefighters at fire stations. It directly affects volunteer fire companies in Pennsylvania that must provide physical coverage during such outages due to telecom company failures. The key provision establishes a mandatory hourly compensation rate for the time volunteer firefighters are required to maintain presence at stations. This creates a new financial obligation for telecom companies to cover costs incurred by volunteer fire departments during 911 system disruptions.