Posts From APCO International
Silent Key: Helen Rushing
APCO Life Member Helen Rushing of the Mid-Eastern Chapter has passed away. She served APCO in numerous capacities including as…
Read full articleRogers Central Dispatch Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
Alexandria, VA – Rogers Central Dispatch, AR, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33®Initiative, from the Association of…
Read full articleAPCO International Announces 2020 Award Winners
APCO International is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Public Safety Communications Awards and Technology Leadership Awards. The winners will be recognized during the Opening General Session at APCO 2020, APCO’s Annual Conference & Expo, taking place August 2-5 in Orlando, FL.
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So You’re the New Leader in an ECC
Congratulations! You’ve just been promoted and have ascended to the rank of manager or director. Or, perhaps you’ve just received permission to start assembling the first policy and procedures manuals for your agency.
Read full articleDenver 9-1-1 Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
Denver 9-1-1, CO, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International.
Read full article#TeammatesInAction: Tiffany Wayland, City of Newport News, Virginia
On July 8, 2019, CTO Tiffany Wayland began her shift for the City of Newport News, VA, assigned to the Central radio. What she didn’t know is that this day that started “normal” was getting ready to drastically change.
Read full articleNorth Shore Regional 911 Center Receives APCO Agency Training Program Certification
North Shore Regional 911 Center, MA, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International.
Read full articlePresident’s Channel: COVID-19
The APCO Executive Committee would like to extend to each of you our thoughts and prayers during this trying time. It is astonishing how this pandemic has disrupted the normalcy of life, not just professionally but also personally.
Read full articleAPCO Files a Project Initiation and Seeks Work Group Members to Revise the Standard for Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Deployment
APCO International has filed a Project Initiation with ANSI and has issued a call for participation for work group members to participate in the revision of the APCO Standard for Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Deployment.
Read full articleECCs Will Postpone, Alter, Celebrate NPSTW 2020
Next week, April 12-18, is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and emergency communications centers are divided about how or whether…
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