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Top International Companies to Exhibit at APCO Global Congress in Dubai
February 17, 2011Alexandria, Va. — Public safety and security practitioners in the Middle East will experience the latest in public safety communications technology this June. That’s because APCO Global Alliance has assembled an impressive group of international technology companies to exhibit at its new APCO Global Congress in Dubai, UAE.
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February 17, 2011The APCO International Standards Development Committee (SDC) is currently seeking public safety communications professionals who represent producers and general interests.
Read full articleTerry Halls Speaks at Cassidian (EADS) User Conference in Seville, Spain
February 11, 2011On Wednesday, Jan. 26, APCO Second Vice President Terry Hall, director of Emergency Communications for York County, Va., was a…
Read full articleThoughts from Around the Room
February 11, 2011For APCO International, its inaugural Technology Roundtable, held Feb. 9 in Ontario, Calif., and sponsored by TeleCommunication Systems Inc., succeeded in creating an open and dynamically evolving dialogue among 13 public safety communications leaders on the topics they wanted to discuss.
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February 11, 2011Approximately 600 public safety communications professionals from across the Western Region of the U.S. — representing every state — gathered in Ontario, Calif., this week for the 2011 APCO International Western States Regional Conference.
Read full articleNICE Opens Nominations for 2011 PSAPs’ Finest Awards
February 11, 2011NICE Systems today announced that nominations for its 2011 PSAPs’ Finest Awards are now open. The awards recognize individuals for their exceptional performance and contributions to the field of Public Safety communications. Each year, winners are selected in four PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) categories: Director, Line Supervisor, Technician, and Telecommunicator of the year. NICE will announce the winners at APCO 2011 this August.
Read full articleAPCO Releases ANSI-Approved Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Telecommunicators
February 10, 2011APCO International released the Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Telecommunicators, APCO American National Standard (ANS) 3.103.1-2010 after receiving final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on Feb. 7.
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February 3, 2011APCO International and Public Technology Institute (PTI) are seeking practitioners from the public safety communications and technology profession to contribute their expertise to an important new book that is being developed as part of PTI’s “Thought Leadership” book series. This new book CIO Leadership for Public Safety Communications: A Practical Guide for the Next Generation of Technology Leaders is being developed with support from the Public Safety Foundation of America.
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February 3, 2011On the afternoon of March 3, the CDC’s Richard C. Hunt, MD, FACEP, and APCO Technical Service Manager Kathy McMahon will conduct a session at the EMS Today Conference & Exposition called Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (AACN): Using This Data to Enhance Emergency Response.
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February 1, 2011Although July is several months away, it’s time to begin organizing APCO International’s standing committees for the 2011–2012 year. Committee appointments coincide with the APCO fiscal year, beginning in July. To allow adequate time to make committee appointments so committees can begin operating on July 1, we must start the sign-up process now and receive your committee assignment requests.
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