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Complimentary APCO Training Webcast: Public Safety Quality Assurance Best Practices and Tools

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It is crucial to monitor the quality of emergency communications to reduce problems, limit liability and improve performance. The goal with Quality Assurance (QA/QI) is to objectively evaluate telecommunicator call processing and the ability to navigate through CAD and mapping systems.

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Independent Study Course IS-247 for Alert Originators Now Available Online

  The FEMA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) program office has worked with FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and subject matter experts to create a course that provides alert and warning training. This course (IS-247) is now available at no cost on-line. See http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is247.asp IS-247 provides basic information on the Integrated Public Alert [...]

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Ready or Not, Here They Come: Data & IP in Emergency Response

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Although death and taxes may be the ultimate certainties of life, the absolute certainties of next-generation mission critical communications are data and IP.

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LTE & Broadband for Public Safety: Data + Future Voice Technology

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This webcast will cover the integration of Long Term Evolution (LTE) broadband technology with two-way, P25 land mobile radio technology to offer reliable, mission-critical voice services alongside real-time, media-rich data in the 700 MHz band.

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Narrowbanding

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With the deadline to meet the narrowbanding mandate less than 1 ½ years away, this webcast will review the FCC’s requirements and the various steps necessary for licensees to comply with the Jan. 1, 2013, deadline. It will also provide guidance for those facing the possibility that they won’t be able to meet the deadline.

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Narrowband Now

By Jan. 1, 2013, all non-federal FCC licensees operating on the VHF and UHF bands must use 12.5 kHz (11.25 kHz occupied bandwidth) or narrower channels or use technology that achieves the narrowband equivalent of one voice channel per 12.5 kHz of channel bandwidth or a data rate of at least 4,800 bits per second [...]

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Interoperability—The Driving Force Behind P25

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Project 25 was established to create and promote voluntary common system standards for digital public safety communications. This presentation will describe the need for the standard, explain the basic elements of P25 and how it works, and outline the benefits derived from its implementation.

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