"Awards"
Now Accepting Nominations for the 9-1-1 Honors Gala
February 8, 2012Nominations are now being accepted to for the 2012 9-1-1 Honor Awards to honor heroes and leaders in 9-1-1. The…
Read full articleOrganization Cites Three Beach 9-1-1 Dispatchers for State Award
November 21, 2011An international public safety group has chosen three city 911 dispatchers to receive Heroes Awards for helping children in crisis. The nonprofit, 9-1-1 for Kids, provides training to reduce nonemergency 911 calls and recognizes local dispatchers who act heroically in the course of their work.
Read full articleGovernor’s EMS Award for Outstanding Contribution to EMS Telecommunications Awarded to Nicola Tidey
November 18, 2011This past Saturday evening at the 32nd Annual Virginia EMS Symposium the Governor’s EMS Award for Outstanding Contribution to EMS…
Read full articleAndrew Seybold Honored by APCO International for Contributions to Public Safety Communications
August 19, 2011Santa Barbara, California, Aug. 11, 2011 — Andrew M. Seybold was honored with the Presidential Award of the Associated Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO International ) during the association’s 77th Annual Conference and Exposition Meeting in Philadelphia August 7-11 in Philadelphia.
Read full articlePublic Safety Communications Announces First-Ever People’s Choice Award
August 18, 2011DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.: Public Safety Communications (PSC), a monthly publication published by Elsevier Public Safety on behalf of the Association…
Read full articleAPCO’s 2011 Award Winners
August 3, 2011Over the years, APCO International’s Public Safety Communications Award Program has honored some of the best and brightest professionals serving…
Read full articleBerkeley 9-1-1 Dispatchers Honored
July 13, 2011When Berkeley 9-1-1 dispatcher Kevin Houston took a call the evening of June 1, all he could hear was labored, heavy breathing. Then the line went dead. Houston immediately knew the person who called 9-1-1 on a cell phone was in grave danger. He also knew that, without the person giving her location, it was going to be difficult to find her.
Read full articleAPCO International Recognizes 7 Recipients for the 2011 Public Safety Communications Award Program
May 24, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International will honor recipients of APCO’s Annual Public Safety Communications Award Program at the 2011 Conference & Exposition in Philadelphia, Pa. this August.
Read full articleAPCO International Selects 2011 Horizon Award Winners
May 23, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — APCO International has awarded both Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center and City of San Luis Obispo Communications Center with the Horizon Award for their proactive technologic achievements within the communications center and the public safety industry.
Read full articleAPCO International Goes to the Hill
May 19, 2011May 16-19 APCO International representatives were in Washington, D.C., advocating for the passage of legislation that would reallocate the 10 MHz of D Block spectrum to public safety, participating in the first Public Safety Broadband Summit and Expo and honoring those individuals who have served public safety during the annual Leadership in Policy Awards Dinner.
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