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APCO Statement on the CSRIC “Report on the Current State of Interoperability in the Nation’s 911 Systems”
March 17, 2020The Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) VII adopted a “Report on the Current State of Interoperability in the Nation’s 911 Systems.”
Read full articleMaximizing the Benefits of LTE Networks in Mission Critical Push-To-Talk Systems
March 13, 2020By DVSI Engineering Introduction Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems such as APCO Project 25 and Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) have…
Read full articleAI Is Coming: Will I Still Have A Job?
February 27, 2020[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…
Read full articleTelecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
February 25, 2020Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association – Endorsed by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International
Read full articleVoices in the Dark: The Voices of Telecommunicators with PTSD
February 13, 2020By Matt Berg During my research phase for my article titled “PTSD and the Telecommunicator,” published in the March-April issue…
Read full articleUNDER THE HEADSET: A Day in the Life
February 13, 2020By Matt Schreiner Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a series of fictional dramatizations about the trials and…
Read full articleMake 2020 Your Year to Learn and Grow
December 26, 2019One of the latest alternatives to New Year’s resolutions is to try something new every month. Here are some suggestions.
Read full articleHere Come the Drones
November 21, 2019[Originally published in the November/December 2019 issue of PSC magazine.] By Kevin Schafer Consider a police officer arriving on the…
Read full articleYoung Professionals Spotlight: Leslie Corbet, Guilford Metro 9-1-1
September 19, 2019The APCO Young Professionals Taskforce recognizes Leslie Corbett as our young professional for the month of September. Leslie is twenty-seven years old and has been an emergency communications specialist for one year with Guilford Metro 9-1-1
Read full articleSeptember 11 Ceremony Announced to Honor Minnesota’s First Responders and Their Families
August 29, 2019MINNEAPOLIS, MN ( August 27, 2019 ) – The Front Line Foundation announced today plans for a 9/11 remembrance ceremony as…
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