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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Virginia Beach Public Safety Telecommunicators Working Hard to Keep Everyone Safe
April 10, 2020Despite the coronavirus outbreak, public safety telecommunicators are still there to pick up the phones.
Read full articleAmid COVID-19 Outbreak, Emergency Communications Center Using Updated Procedure for 9-1-1
April 10, 2020Public safety telecommunicators are adjusting to new policies aimed at adapting 9-1-1 call responses to the threats of COVID-19.
Read full articlePresident’s Channel: COVID-19
April 9, 2020The APCO Executive Committee would like to extend to each of you our thoughts and prayers during this trying time. It is astonishing how this pandemic has disrupted the normalcy of life, not just professionally but also personally.
Read full articleAPCO Files a Project Initiation and Seeks Work Group Members to Revise the Standard for Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Deployment
April 9, 2020APCO International has filed a Project Initiation with ANSI and has issued a call for participation for work group members to participate in the revision of the APCO Standard for Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Deployment.
Read full articleECCs Will Postpone, Alter, Celebrate NPSTW 2020
April 9, 2020Next week, April 12-18, is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and emergency communications centers are divided about how or whether…
Read full articleSilent Key: Bradford S. Smith
April 9, 2020Deputy Fire Chief Bradford S. Smith, a senior member of APCO International and longstanding member of the Atlantic APCO Chapter,…
Read full articlePublic Safety Telecommunicators Help Protect First Responders During Coronavirus Pandemic
April 8, 2020They’re an important buffer between the public and our first responders who are at risk of being exposed to the…
Read full articlePublic Safety Telecommunicators Are the First Line of Defense Against COVID-19
April 7, 2020Public safety telecommunicators are tasked with tremendous responsibility, now more than ever.
Read full articleWell-Wishers Show Their Love to Paramedics and Public Safety Telecommunicators by Art-Bombing Buildings
April 7, 2020Paramedics and public safety telecommunicators are feeling overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the community during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read full article#GiveThanksCWV: City of Charleston (WV) Launches Campaign to Salute Those on Front Lines
April 6, 2020Many have called, texted and emailed asking to share gratitude with first responders including firefighters, police and public safety telecommunicators.
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