Posts From APCO International
Get 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.”
Read full articleAPCO Announces Approval of Best Practices for the Use of Social Media in Public Safety Communications
October 16, 2014The standard provides a foundation for agencies to develop specific operational procedures and guidance for the use of social media in public safety answering points.
Read full articleSilent Key: William “Bill” McCammon
October 16, 2014The public safety community suffered a great loss on Monday, October 13, 2014 when William “Bill” McCammon died unexpectedly during his sleep at the age of 61. McCammon was best known to APCO members through his work on D-Block and FirstNet.
Read full articleAPCO International Awarded Grant from DHS for Project 25 and CAPRAD Restructuring
October 15, 2014The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has received a Grant Award from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate for the implementation of Project 25 (P25) & Computer Assisted Pre-Coordination Resource & Database System (CAPRAD) Restructuring.
Read full articleAPCO Announces ANSI Approval of Revisions to Standard for Alarm Interface Data Exchanges
September 18, 2014Some highlights in the revision include the addition of data elements to accommodate the introduction of a Message Broker, a standardized list of message status terminology, an expanded list of alarm event types, and the capture of an alarm service organization name.
Read full articleSilent Key: Larry Britton
September 11, 2014It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Charleston County’s Radio Systems Manager Larry Britton Tuesday.
Read full articleSilent Key: James “Jimmy” Allen Reed
September 9, 2014Honoring former president of the Kansas chapter of APCO
Read full articleAPCO Welcomes Announcement of New FirstNet Board Members
September 4, 2014Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced five new members of the FirstNet Board of Directors. Secretary Pritzker appointed Sheriff Richard Stanek of Hennepin County, Minnesota, Chief of Police Chris Burbank of Salt Lake City, Utah, former Vermont Governor James Douglas, Mayor Annise Parker of Houston, Texas, and technology executive Frank Plastina. Additionally, Secretary Pritzker reappointed Ed Reynolds, who is one of the board’s inaugural members.
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