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Wireless Industry Announces Latest Step Toward Enhancing Mobile 9-1-1 Location Services
October 4, 2016Today, the 911 National Emergency Address Database (NEAD) LLC, an independent entity established by CTIA®, announced a major step toward helping first responders locate wireless 9-1-1 callers more accurately indoors by selecting West’s Safety Services to develop and operate the NEAD Platform.
Read full articleAPCO Advocates for Appropriate Recognition of Public Safety Telecommunicators
September 20, 2016Today, APCO International, the world’s largest association of public safety communications professionals, filed formal comments with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) advocating that Public Safety Telecommunicators – the professionals who answer 9-1-1 calls, dispatch emergency responders and perform many related tasks – be recognized for the critical work they do to protect and save the lives of the general public and first responders.
Read full articleSilent Key: Diane M. Benner
September 15, 2016Diane M. Benner, age 70, Bloomsburg formerly of Lehighton, died suddenly on Saturday, September 10, 2016, in Bloomsburg. Diane was a resident of her Mt. Pleasant Township home for over 22 years. She was a lifetime member and an instructor for APCO International.
Read full articleTemple University Police Department Office Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
September 13, 2016Temple University Police Department, PA, has met the minimum training standards for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International Agency Training Program Certification and has been awarded certification as of September 13, 2016.
Read full articleAPCO International Awarded Grant from Motorola Solutions Foundation
September 13, 2016The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has received a grant award in the amount of $45,000 from Motorola Solutions Foundation. The grant is being administered through APCO’s Commercial Advisory Council (CAC) Scholarship Program, which makes scholarship funds available to public safety communications professionals who participate in APCO Institute training and certification courses.
Read full articleMajor Boost in the Fight to Reclassify Public Safety Telecommunicators
September 9, 2016Today, U.S. Representative Norma Torres, a former 9-1-1 dispatcher who worked for 17 years for the Los Angeles Police Department, sent a letter telling the federal agency overseeing the reclassification process that “9-1-1 Dispatchers Are More Than Office & Support Staff.”
Read full articleSilent Key: Jean Nealy
August 25, 2016Jean Nealy, a longtime APCO member, passed away last week. On August, 14, 2016, Jean Nealy was sworn-in posthumously as…
Read full articleSilent Key: Steven Bomba
August 25, 2016Dispatcher of Grafton County and Lincoln Fire Rescue Captain Steven Bomba, 25, passed away on August 19 in a motor…
Read full articleBuilding NG911 Systems Through Collaboration
August 23, 2016“Building NG911 Systems Through Collaboration,” the final NG-1-1 & Emerging Technologies session of APCO 2016, reviewed the process of how…
Read full articleA New Way to Keep Kids Safe
August 23, 2016A popular session in the Emergency Preparedness, Response & Situational Awareness series covered the timely topic of keeping schools safe….
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