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Silent Key: Robert “Bob” Cook
February 27, 2020While attending training at a nearby agency on Thursday, January 23, 2020, Davie County (North Carolina) Telecommunicator experienced a sudden…
Read full articleTelecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
February 25, 2020Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association – Endorsed by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International
Read full articleThen & Now: The Old Fossil’s Swan Song
February 24, 2020By By Lin Hardy Ford. For the past 13 years, I have been the author of the historical column in the APCO Bulletin, the APCO historian and the acting chair of the APCO Historical Committee.
Read full articleNew Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Communications Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
February 20, 2020Alexandria, VA – New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Communications, NH, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
Read full articleCulpeper County Public Safety Communications Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
February 20, 2020Alexandria, VA – Culpeper County Public Safety Communications Center, VA, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
Read full articleAPCO Announces Final Approval of Two National Standards for Public Safety Communications Common Status Codes for Data Exchange and ECC Service Capability Rating Scale
February 20, 2020Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International received final approval from the American National Standards Institute…
Read full articleWireless Industry Abandons National Emergency Address Database
February 18, 2020On February 14, the wireless industry notified the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it has abandoned the National Emergency Address Database (NEAD).
Read full articleSouth Metro Fire Rescue / MetCom Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
February 13, 2020Alexandria, VA – South Metro Fire Rescue / MetCom, CO, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
Read full articleVoices in the Dark: The Voices of Telecommunicators with PTSD
February 13, 2020By Matt Berg During my research phase for my article titled “PTSD and the Telecommunicator,” published in the March-April issue…
Read full articleUNDER THE HEADSET: A Day in the Life
February 13, 2020By Matt Schreiner Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a series of fictional dramatizations about the trials and…
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