ALI (Automatic Location Identification)

Publisher

NENA (National Emergency Number Association)

URL

https://kb.nena.org/wiki/ALI_(Automatic_Location_Identification)

Published

2026-05-06

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-10-14

HTTP status

200

License

NENA knowledge base; copyright NENA; no-redistribution; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• NENA defines ALI as the automatic display at the PSAP of the caller's telephone number, the address or location of the telephone, and supplementary emergency services information about the location the call came from. in context
• NENA describes ALI Retrieval as the process in which a PSAP sends an ALI Request to the ALI database and receives back the location and other available information. in context
• NENA describes the Customer Name Field as the part of the traditional ALI format that shows the customer name or other pre-filled identifying information to the 9-1-1 telecommunicator. in context

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, May 6). ALI (Automatic Location Identification). WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/nena-kb-ali-definition

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-nena-kb-ali-definition,
  title  = {ALI (Automatic Location Identification)},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/nena-kb-ali-definition},
  note   = {NENA (National Emergency Number Association), accessed 2026-10-14}
}