Posts From Public Safety Communications
Collaboration Without Consolidation: Building a PSAP of PSAPs
May 31, 2013Event Date: 06/12/2013 01:00 PM Eastern Standard Time Register Today! In this webcast, you’ll learn how Bonneville County, Idaho, and three neighboring counties, have cooperatively deployed an open-standard P25 digital radio solution and other common technologies to enable full-function exchange capability for dispatching.
Read full articleSacrifice & Honor
May 13, 2013Our fallen public safety personnel deserve to be remembered for how they lived and the ultimate sacrifice they have paid for all of us. It’s the least we can do.
Read full articleTelecommunicator Spotlight: Emergency Services Dispatcher Marichris Mercado
May 9, 2013After working at a variety of jobs for seven years, Mercado landed her first job as an emergency services dispatcher for the San Diego Sheriff’s Department.
Read full articleCPRA Hosts Awards Dinner 2013
April 23, 2013On April 18, 2013, the California Public Safety Radio Association (CPRA, the Southern California APCO chapter) held its annual Telecommunicator…
Read full articleStress Management for Public Safety Telecommunicators
April 16, 2013One of the problems that plague our industry is high turnover. No matter where I travel to teach, I meet telecommunicators, supervisors and managers who state one of the biggest problems is keeping a full staff. … I am willing to bet that the majority of people who leave the field is probably not going to list stress as a reason for leaving. I have only had one person admit to me, within a couple of weeks of training, that they were too overwhelmed with the job.
Read full articleTelecommunicator Spotlight: Virginia Radio System Manager Lisa Thompson
April 5, 2013Lisa Thompson currently serves as the radio system manager, but she has vast experience in the communications arena, including dispatching.
Read full articleGrant Funding Scenarios
March 27, 2013The federal government is currently operating under a continuing resolution (CR) that was set to expire at the end of March. Congress is currently considering passing its budget as part of a yearlong CR with full details not available as we go to press with this issue. The details about how much agencies will have available in 2013 to operate and grant funds available, along with the impact of the sequestration, may not be known until late April or early May. The traditional timelines for grant programs have not been produced and most federal grant solicitations have not been posted during their normal grant period during the winter months. But the bottom line is that there is still a lot the customers can do in preparation for real grant numbers.
Read full articleTelecommunicator Spotlight: Philadelphia Dispatcher Jim Eibell
March 13, 2013With 43 years on the job, Philadelphia communications dispatcher Jim Eibell considers himself an “old timer” in the communications arena of the Philadelphia police department.
Read full articleSetting Goals
February 17, 2013Looking back over my career — heck my life even — I would have done so much differently. But of…
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So You Want to be a Dispatcher …
March 21, 2013Do you know what it takes to be a public safety telecommunicator?
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