# National Emergency Number Association **Entity class:** Emergency-communications standards and professional association **Aliases:** NENA; The 9-1-1 Association ## Definition The **National Emergency Number Association** develops standards, operational guidance, policy, education, and interoperability programs for 9-1-1 and Next Generation 9-1-1. Its Industry Collaboration Events let vendors test implementations against one another in a collaborative environment; participation or success does not confer NENA product certification. ## Relationships - **program:** [[wiki/NENA Industry Collaboration Event|NENA Industry Collaboration Event]]. - **architecture:** [[wiki/Next Generation 9-1-1|Next Generation 9-1-1]] and the NENA i3 standard. - **stakeholders:** public-safety answering points, vendors, governments, carriers, standards bodies, and emergency-services organizations. - **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [NENA — About](https://www.nena.org/page/aboutfaq2017) - [NENA — NG9-1-1 Industry Collaboration Events](https://www.nena.org/page/ng911_ice)