AFC, APCO’s frequency coordination department, is pleased to introduce its network of dedicated local advisor volunteers. APCO’s advisors are responsible for frequency coordination in their home state and we would like to bring awareness and recognition to the dedication they exhibit on a daily basis. Please feel free to reach out to our local advisors with any questions dealing with FCC Part 90 licensing and frequency coordination.

Brent Williams has been an APCO local advisor in Michigan for about 3 years. He has also been the “Senior EMS Advisor” to FirstNet, the federal government agency building the new public safety broadband communications system, since October 2015.  For 12 years prior, he served as the EMS Radio Communications Consultant to the EMS and Trauma Systems Section of the Michigan Dept of Health and Human Services. During that same time, he also worked as an independent consultant for many local units of government, providing a diverse range of services related to radio communication system design, FAA and FCC licensing assistance, propagation studies, and tower construction.  He was a Deputy Sheriff for 11 years, and spent over 20 years as a practicing Paramedic in Michigan.  He has served for the past 10 years as a member of the DHS SafeCom advisory group and has been an elected member of the Marshall, MI City Council, for 10 years.