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RQI Partners and IAFC aim to double out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
DALLAS, Feb. 27, 2020 – The American Heart Association states more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States annually….
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AI Is Coming: Will I Still Have A Job?
[Originally published in the March/April 2020 PSC magazine.] By Suzanne Ladd, Senior Program Manager for Seminole County Fire/EMS Emergency Communications It’s really…
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While 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
Telecommunicator 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
By 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.
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New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Communications Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
Alexandria, 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
Alexandria, 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
Alexandria, 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
On 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
Alexandria, VA – South Metro Fire Rescue / MetCom, CO, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33 Initiative, from…
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