Posts From APCO International
Maximizing the Benefits of LTE Networks in Mission Critical Push-To-Talk Systems
March 13, 2020By DVSI Engineering Introduction Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems such as APCO Project 25 and Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) have…
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Workgroup Members to Participate in the Revision of APCO’s Standard for Public Safety Communications Incident Handling Process
March 6, 2020Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has filed a project with the American National Standards…
Read full articleAI Is Coming: Will I Still Have A Job?
February 27, 2020[Originally published in the March/April 2020 PSC magazine.] By Suzanne Ladd, Senior Program Manager for Seminole County Fire/EMS Emergency Communications It’s really…
Read full articleSilent Key: Robert “Bob” Cook
February 27, 2020While attending training at a nearby agency on Thursday, January 23, 2020, Davie County (North Carolina) Telecommunicator experienced a sudden…
Read full articleTelecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
February 25, 2020Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association – Endorsed by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International
Read full articleThen & Now: The Old Fossil’s Swan Song
February 24, 2020By By Lin Hardy Ford. For the past 13 years, I have been the author of the historical column in the APCO Bulletin, the APCO historian and the acting chair of the APCO Historical Committee.
Read full articleNew Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Communications Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
February 20, 2020Alexandria, VA – New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Communications, NH, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
Read full articleCulpeper County Public Safety Communications Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
February 20, 2020Alexandria, VA – Culpeper County Public Safety Communications Center, VA, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
Read full articleAPCO Announces Final Approval of Two National Standards for Public Safety Communications Common Status Codes for Data Exchange and ECC Service Capability Rating Scale
February 20, 2020Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International received final approval from the American National Standards Institute…
Read full articleSouth Metro Fire Rescue / MetCom Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
February 13, 2020Alexandria, VA – South Metro Fire Rescue / MetCom, CO, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
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