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Collin County, Texas, in Final Stage of Public Safety and Local Government Radio System Upgrade
January 13, 2017Overland Park, Kansas, January 12, 2017 – Collin County, Texas, has announced that a multi-year project to upgrade their public…
Read full articleMatrox to Exhibit Collaborative Nature of Products at Integrated Systems Europe 2017
January 13, 2017Montreal, Canada — January 12, 2017 — At ISE 2017 (Amsterdam RAI, Feb. 7-10, Stand: 12-E38), Matrox will be presenting…
Read full articleNICE Expands Public Safety Industry PSAPs’ Finest Awards, Opens Nominations for 2017
January 11, 2017Hoboken, N.J., January 9, 2017 – NICE today announced that it has opened nominations for the 2017 PSAPs’ Finest Awards,…
Read full articleMeet Your AFC Advisors: Buddy Jordan (South Carolina)
January 11, 2017Buddy Jordan is an Air Force veteran and has been a communications consultant with the State of South Carolina since 1986 and an APCO advisor since 1993. When not doing frequency advisory work he maintains a cache of portable and mobile communications equipment for use during disasters and special events.
Read full articleAPCO Announces Approval of APCO/NENA Standard NG9-1-1 Emergency Incident Data Document (EIDD)
January 10, 2017APCO International received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on January 3, 2017, for an American National Standard (ANS) that identifies standard specifications for the exchange of emergency data.
Read full articleAPCO Announces Approval of APCO/NPSTC Standard Channel Nomenclature for the Public Safety Interoperability Channels
January 10, 2017APCO International received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on January 3, 2017, for an American National Standard (ANS) that identifies standard nomenclature for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) designed nationwide interoperability channels.
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Committee Members to Participate in the Development of Standards
January 5, 2017APCO International has issued a call for participation for committee members to participate in the development of APCO standards. We currently have openings on our Technical, Training and Operational Sub-Committees.
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Workgroup Members to Participate in the Continuation of a Standard for Advanced Automated Collision Notification
January 5, 2017APCO International has issued a call for participation for workgroup members to participate in the creation of an ANSI standard addressing advanced automated collision notification (AACN).
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Workgroup Members to Participate in the Continuation of a Standard for Public Safety Communications Incident Handling Process
January 5, 2017APCO International has issued a call for participation for workgroup members to participate in the creation of an ANSI standard addressing incident handling.
Read full articleMeet Your AFC Advisors: Ben Russell (Pennsylvania)
January 5, 2017Ben Russell became APCO’s local advisor for Pennsylvania in January of 2015. While his day job as an aquatic biologist seemingly has little to do with radio, the program he works with has air to ground communications needs when working with helicopters. Mr. Russell first got involved with radio helping to guide his program to solutions that fit the need.
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