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Prince William County Public Safety Communications Receives APCO P33 Certification
February 11, 2014Prince William County Public Safety Communications has met the minimum training standards for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International Project 33 Training Program Certification-2010 (P33 Certification) and has been awarded certification as of February 7, 2014.
Read full articleAPCO President Gigi Smith Testifies at Senate Hearing on 9-1-1 Location Accuracy
January 16, 2014Today, APCO President Gigi Smith served as an invited witness at a hearing entitled “Locating 911 Callers in a Wireless…
Read full articleNext Generation Emergency Communications – CAD Interoperability Project
January 14, 2014The CAD Interoperabilty Project will take the next steps in implementing recommendations made by the Emergency Communications Task Force.
Read full articleWhere’s Gigi? Winner
January 9, 2014Congratulations to Laura Pope of Jefferson County 9-1-1 in Kearneysville, W.Va.
Read full articleBroadband Committee Goes Public
December 31, 2013The APCO Broadband Committee was created in 2010 to help the association address the implications of emerging high-speed wired and wireless networks used by APCO members in comm centers and in the field alongside existing land-mobile radio (LMR) networks used by first responders.
Read full articleAPCO Congratulates Past President Terry Hall on His Induction as a RCA Fellow
December 20, 2013APCO International Past President Terry Hall was honored with his induction as a Radio Club of America (RCA) Fellow during RCA’s Annual Awards Banquet held at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, FL.
Read full articleAPCO Applauds FCC Action to Increase Reliability of the Nation’s 9-1-1 Call Centers
December 12, 2013The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted an Order that builds upon lessons learned from recent 9-1-1 service outages and puts appropriate new mechanisms in place to improve the reliability and resiliency of 9-1-1 networks nationwide.
Read full articleCall for Nominations
December 10, 2013APCO International presents awards to public safety communications personnel who have demonstrated the highest levels of personal and professional conduct and performance in the line of duty.
Read full articleAPCO Congratulates Rear Admiral David Simpson as the New FCC Public Safety Bureau Chief
November 20, 2013Alexandria, VA – Today, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler named Rear Admiral David Simpson as the new Chief of the FCC’s…
Read full articleAPCO Enters Into Memorandum of Understanding With the University of Melbourne
November 19, 2013APCO enters into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Melbourne to work cooperatively in the development of training, higher education and research in the public safety realm.
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