An open letter to all interested, When I started Kari's Law, I didn't want the law to “inflict” damages to business owners and worked very hard to explain it to others, understand the implications myself and ensure that Kari's Law would the three things we have sought: 1) Direct dialing of 9-1-1 without a prefix, postfix or trunk access code, 2) On site notification and 3) No redirection or interference with a 9-1-1 call. As expected, there are those out there claiming that Kari's Law is something it isn't. The three things I listed above are what make up Kari's Law - and that's it. I have had a concern over the language used in an updated version of the National Fire Protection Association standard known as NFPA 1221. Language was added to this standard that requires MLTS systems to configure unique and separate phone numbers for each extension of a phone system so it can be identified and called back. This creates several problems. First, each number needs a 911 database entry and that that incurs a monthly cost for each number. Plus a ‘system’ to manage it. It doesn’t provide On Site Notification, and merely lumps a huge cost on the business for little to no value. The cost of the numbers themselves and the database charges can become an overwhelming expense to a business, and again, provide little to no additional information.  I feel this is an affront to true honest solutions that solve the problem, and don’t break the bank trying to do so. Many will say, “NFPA 1221 is Kari's Law compliant”, which is in it's entirety, a false and very misleading statement. I was against NFPA 1221 from the beginning, as were others who felt it was just the wrong approach. I even submitted the required arguments against it. Unfortunately, this simple man from East Texas is just not familiar with the way the NFPA requires their comments to be submitted, and ultimately my arguments, although valid, ended up in another department, and the NFPA apparently doesn't share information very well. While this is entirely my fault, it doesn’t change the fact that this standard, as written, is costly, unnecessary and is NOT Kari's Law compliant. I openly challenge anyone to prove to me otherwise. In closing, as a notice to a few companies out there (and you know who you are), I ask that you stop any and all verbal or written communications that may suggest or imply that NFPA 1221 is Kari's Law compliant. It simply IS NOT, and I stand on the legislation as worded, that has passed unanimously in practically every place it has been reviewed. Hank Hunt, Kari’s Dad