NENA defines an ESN as a 3-5 digit number that represents one or more ESZs, and distinguishes Administrative ESNs from Routing ESNs.

Checked 2026-10-14

A 3–5 digit number that represents one or more ESZs
Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
legacy E9-1-1 data
Deployment
legacy-e911
Region
us
Release range
current as of 2026-10-14
Checked
2026-10-14

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 14). ALI databases and MSAG address validation: source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-nena-esn-def. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ali-msag-location-provisioning-nena-esn-def

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ali-msag-location-provisioning-nena-esn-def,
  title  = {ALI databases and MSAG address validation: source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-nena-esn-def},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ali-msag-location-provisioning-nena-esn-def},
  note   = {Source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-nena-esn-def, checked 2026-10-14}
}

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