"Events"
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February 3, 2011On the afternoon of March 3, the CDC’s Richard C. Hunt, MD, FACEP, and APCO Technical Service Manager Kathy McMahon will conduct a session at the EMS Today Conference & Exposition called Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (AACN): Using This Data to Enhance Emergency Response.
Read full articleNational 9-1-1 Education Month
December 1, 2010Rather than reinvent the wheel, the National 9-1-1 Education Month Coalition (NENA, APCO, the E9-1-1 Institute, NAED, and others) would like to tap the creativity that already exists. Let us know what has already been done in your area with regard to 9-1-1 educational messaging, themes, slogans and/or logos. There are three questions that will take just a few minutes of your time to answer and help us to better promote 9-1-1 awareness. …
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November 3, 2010Gear, gadgets and great ideas could be found in abundance at the 76th Annual APCO Conference & Exposition in Houston in August. This year, a select few APCO experts patrolled the exhibit hall for PSC. Incognito, they hunted for the most innovative solutions available to the public safety communications market. Our reviewers have asked all the tough questions, played with the technology and drawn conclusions, identifying the best of the best released in 2010. Here’s what our reviewers have to say about 20 solutions that could soon be coming to an agency near you.
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October 27, 2010Advanced Phenomenal Co-piloting Of emergency response: With this new definition of APCO, Tracey Hillburn of Bossier Parish (La.) Communications secured…
Read full articleWhy the Public Needs Professionals in Public Safety Communications
October 27, 2010To foster the next generation of public safety communications professionals, APCO held an essay contest, sponsored by PlantCML, an EADS North America Company, for high school students. The theme for the 2010 contest was “Why the public needs professionals in public safety communications.” Read the winning essay by Amanda Krutilla of Riverdale High School in Lehigh Acres, Fla.
Read full article2011 APCO Conference Call for Papers
August 25, 2010The APCO International 77th Annual Conference & Exposition — August 2011 in Philadelphia, Pa. — is the largest gathering of public-safety communications officials and the premier event within this industry. The Call for Papers invites APCO International members, industry associates, business professionals and educators to submit a written presentation.
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August 25, 2010The 2011 APCO Western Regional Conference will be held at the Ontario (Calif.) Convention Center Feb. 7-9. Proposals for presentations…
Read full articleAPCO Business Update
August 5, 2010On Tuesday, Aug. 3 at 4 p.m., during the 2nd General Business Meeting of the Quorum at the 76th annual APCO Conference & Exposition, the Quorum was asked to vote on two resolutions, as well as on the positions of 1st and 2nd vice president.
Read full article‘Houston, We Have a Problem’
August 2, 2010Lively music and the buzz of friendly conversation filled the convention center ballroom as conference attendees filed into the Opening Session at 8:30 a.m. APCO Excutive Director George S. Rice Jr. began the session and welcomed attendees.
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