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Harrison County (W.Va.) Public Safety Telecommunicators Urge Residents to Only Use Service for Emergencies
March 24, 2020Since the governor issued a stay-at-home order, emergency lines have been flooded with questions about the order. Telecommunicators stressed that 9-1-1 should only be used in the case of threats to life or property.
Read full articleChief Coe: Frederick County (Md.) Fire and Rescue Ready for Coronavirus
March 23, 2020Working since December to prepare for the outbreak, emergency response agencies have ensured that: Ambulances have barriers blocking airflow between…
Read full articleAPCO Statement on the CSRIC “Report on the Current State of Interoperability in the Nation’s 911 Systems”
March 17, 2020The Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) VII adopted a “Report on the Current State of Interoperability in the Nation’s 911 Systems.”
Read full articleBayside Communications Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
March 13, 2020Alexandria, VA – Bayside Communications Center, WI, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from the Association of…
Read full articleMaximizing the Benefits of LTE Networks in Mission Critical Push-To-Talk Systems
March 13, 2020By DVSI Engineering Introduction Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems such as APCO Project 25 and Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) have…
Read full articleSouth Sound 911 Appoints Deborah Grady as Executive Director
March 6, 2020South Sound 911’s Board of Directors appointed Deborah Grady as the public safety agency’s next executive director effective Monday, April…
Read full articleAnritsu Company Introduces Industry’s Most Lightweight, Portable, and Flexible Two-port PIM Testing Solution
March 6, 2020Morgan Hill, CA – For Immediate Release – Anritsu Company introduces the PIM Master™ MW82119B-0703 2-port 700 MHz PIM analyzer,…
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Workgroup Members to Participate in the Revision of APCO’s Standard for Public Safety Communications Incident Handling Process
March 6, 2020Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International has filed a project with the American National Standards…
Read full articleRQI Partners and IAFC aim to double out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
February 27, 2020DALLAS, Feb. 27, 2020 – The American Heart Association states more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States annually….
Read full articleAI Is Coming: Will I Still Have A Job?
February 27, 2020[Originally published in the March/April 2020 PSC magazine.] By Suzanne Ladd, Senior Program Manager for Seminole County Fire/EMS Emergency Communications It’s really…
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