Posts From Keri Losavio
Why Operational Standards?
June 6, 2013Operational procedures and standards are an important aspect of any public safety comm center. Public safety in each community has evolved based in large measure on the standard of service expected and demanded by the community being served. This is especially true of the operations of public safety communications centers.
Read full articleMid-Eastern Chapter Awards
May 1, 2013On April 18, the Mid-Eastern Chapter held its annual awards luncheon.
Read full articleBoston Bombing Suspect Apprehended
April 19, 2013EILEEN SULLIVAN and JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press | Friday, April 19, 2013 The suspect being hunted in the Boston Marathon…
Read full articleSilent Key: Robert H. Brown Jr. in Memoriam
April 9, 2013Robert H. Brown Jr., 75, an APCO Life Member, and longtime employee of Motorola, died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at Lutheran General Hospital.
Read full articleFirstNet Board Members Commit to Building a Network to Meet Mission-Critical Standards
March 14, 2013If the nationwide public safety broadband network does not meet mission-critical standards and come up to public safety grade, “we…
Read full articlePre-Arrival CPR: Denial Sparks Controversy
March 7, 2013“It was truly upsetting listening to the 9-1-1 call about the incident and knowing that the caller was a medically trained person who was under orders not to provide medical treatment,” says APCO Life Member Mark Pallans, a communications consultant in North Las Vegas, Nev. “But if a plain, ordinary citizen had made that same call would be the uproar still be there?”
Read full articleFCC Recommends Legal & Regulatory Framework for NG9-1-1 Services
March 1, 2013FCC recommends that “Congress create incentives for states to become ‘early adopters’ of NG9-1-1.”
Read full articleSilent Key: Jack Keating in Memoriam
February 15, 2013Past APCO International President Jack Keating passed away on Friday, Feb. 15, from complications relating to a broken hip. The service will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 1333 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185.
Read full articleFirstNet Board Sets Path for BTOP Projects to Move Forward
February 13, 2013On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Board adopted a resolution outlining its path forward with the seven public safety Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grantees.
Read full articleSilent Key: David Swan in Memoriam
February 4, 2013We’re sad to announce that long-time APCO International Life Member David Swan passed away on Feb. 3, 2013. Swan was injured in an accident at home in early 2011 and had been in a long-term care facility since that time.
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