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Alberta Health Services Adds Third Communication Center to Solacom System
October 31, 2014Guardian Next Generation 9-1-1 system is being expanded to host 21 call-taking positions at a third EMS dispatch center in Calgary.
Read full articleNovember Issue of Public Safety Communications
October 31, 2014With the November issue of PSC comes a top-to-bottom redesign of the entire magazine. This issue will have a brand new look to it, which we feel represents the modern, technologically advanced nature of the industry APCO serves. Unfortunately, unforeseen circumstances have caused an unavoidable delay in delivery of this particular issue.
Read full articleStudy Looks at How Oklahoma Pays for 9-1-1 Service, Effects of Cellphones
October 30, 2014The committee is studying the 9-1-1 program, its efficiency and whether fees should be uniform across the state, among other issues.
Read full articleMinneapolis 9-1-1 Improvements in the Works
October 30, 2014Minneapolis will add four dispatchers and new call processing software.
Read full articleWeber Area 9-1-1 to Host a Spillman System for Multi-County Data Sharing
October 30, 2014After a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process, the Weber Area Dispatch 911 and Emergency Services District (Weber Area 911) in Utah has chosen Spillman Technologies for their Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Records Management System (RMS), Jail Management Systems and mobile software.
Read full articleSunGard Public Sector and Socrata Announce Strategic Engagement
October 30, 2014Socrata’s Open Data Solutions Are Now Available to SunGard Public Sector’s Customers in Local Governments and Public Safety and Justice Agencies
Read full articleZetron’s New Program Helps Public Safety Agencies Finance Equipment
October 30, 2014Zetron’s recent partnership with Government Capital Corporation gives public safety agencies an affordable and flexible way to purchase new equipment.
Read full articleGet Your Nominations Ready for the PSAP Awards
October 29, 2014Please take the time to nominate your colleagues for the recognition they deserve.
Read full articleNational Cyber Security Awareness Month 2014: Guidance for Public Safety Communications Professionals
October 27, 2014October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month and is intended to remind everyone to be vigilant and safeguard their networks and the information passed over their networks.
Read full articleAPCO Commends FCC Public Safety Bureau Report and Recommendations on Significant Multistate 9-1-1 Outage
October 17, 2014APCO President John Wright applauded the Bureau’s work, stating “the Bureau performed a commendable job in its careful review and attention to investigating the scope and causes of this outage, and APCO agrees that lapses like this need to be avoided at all costs.”
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