APCO News

APCO Congratulates Members Honored by RCA  

APCO President Wanda McCarley was inducted as a Fellow at the Radio Club of America's (RCA's) Annual Dinner earlier this month.  In addition, APCO members Harlin McEwen and Raymond C. Trott received awards.  Visit http://www.radioclubofamerica.org/doc/2006Banquetflyer.pdf for more information.

CTO Standard Open for Comment  

The Call Center Standards Committee has recently focused its efforts on establishing a Minimum Training Standard for Communications Training Officers.  Following the same course as with developing the recently adopted Minimum Training Standards for First-Level Supervisor, the committee has gathered current training standards and curricula from across the nation to determine a baseline standard.  A draft standard has been written and is available for your perusal and comment on the APCO Comm Center & 9-1-1 Services department webpage at http://www.apcointl.org/about/911/standards.php.  Comments citing specific sections should be submitted to Call Center Standards Chair Julie Righter at JRighter@lincoln.ne.gov by December 31.

Region 14 (Indiana) Public Safety Regional Planning Comittees to Hold 700 MHz Regional Public Safety Meeting and 800 MHz NPSPAC Regional Conformance and Review Committee Meeting 

On January 24, the 800 MHz Regional Conformance and Review Committee (RCRC) meeting will convene at 10:00a.m. at the Indiana Department of Transportation Traffic Management Center.  Immediately following, Region 14 will convene its 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee meeting.  Both meetings are open to the public.  For additional information, please contact Alex R. Whitaker at 317.233.9026 or awhitaker@isp.in.gov.

APCO 2007 Gulf Coast Regional Conference Call for Papers

The Tennessee Chapter of APCO International is proud to host the 2007 Gulf Coast Regional Conference, May 14 - 17, 2007.  This conference is an educational, networking, and industry exhibits event for public safety communications and law enforcement professionals to explore the most critical issues affecting communications for public safety organizations.  The submission deadline for papers is December 22.  For more information visit www.tnapco.org.  

Region 18 (Louisiana) 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee Announces Next Meeting

The Region 18 (Louisiana) 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee announces that its next meeting will be held on January 17 at 4:30 p.m. at the Cypress Bend Resort in The Learning Center, 2000 Cypress Bend Parkway, Many, La.  The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the draft 700 MHz plan.  All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for the use of public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz band within Region 18 are encouraged to attend.  For further information, please contact William R. Vincent at 337.291.5060 or lfteoc@att.net.

APCO Seeking 9-1-1 Call Tapes

APCO International is working on a project to educate the public about the dangers of using 9-1-1 for non-emergencies.  We are looking for humorous calls in which citizens have dialed 9-1-1 instead of 4-1-1, reported trivial matters, or reported other non-emergencies.  If you have any tapes of non-emergency calls to 9-1-1 that can be broadcast on national media please contact Courtney McCarron at mccarronc@apco911.org or 202.833.9600.

2007 Western States Regional Conference

The 2007 Western States Regional Conference (WSRC) will be held Feb. 26 - March 1, 2007 at the Long Beach Convention Center in California.  For more information, and to register for the conference, please go to www.cpra.org.

Employment Opportunity 

APCO International has an employment opportunity for the position of Director of the APCO Institute.  For more information visit http://www.apcointl.org/services/jobs/index.html.  EOE; DFWP 

From Washington

Rebanding Newsletter

Sign up for the new joint APCO/TA email NEWSLETTER.  Visit http://www.apcointl.com/frequency/psrebandnews.html to sign up for the newsletter.  Visit http://www.apcointl.org/frequency/800RB/newsletter/newsletter.htm for the web version of the current issue or to view the archived issues.

700 MHz Regional Planning Updates

The FCC had approved the Utah and Arizona 700 MHz plans and opened comments on Region 40 Texas and Nevada amendment.  Visit http://www.apcointl.org/frequency/documents/Released700.doc for more information.

Call to Action: APCO Encourages Agencies to File Comments on Cyren Call Proposal

The FCC has opened a docket (RM-11348) to receive comments on a proposal from Cyren Call Communications to reallocate 30 MHz of spectrum now slated for auction in the 700 MHz band. APCO recommends that public safety agencies file brief comments in this proceeding. Visit http://www.apcointl.org/news/2006/20061109CyrenCallToAction.html for more information.

Training and Certification

Fire Service Communications, 1st Edition Course

Over 500 Students have successfully completed this new course released in the spring of 2006.This course provides comprehensive in-service training for fire service telecommunicators.  Visit http://www.apcointl.com/institute/courses/fsc.htm for more information.

APCO Institute Needs You!

Our Adjunct Instructors are the "best in their field." Do you have an above average knowledge of APCO Institute courses? If you have a desire to join our Adjunct Instructor program, please contact the APCO Institute at 888-272-6911 or institute@apco911.org for additional information.

Receive High Quality Grant Writing Training at a Discount

Grant Writing USA provides the most highly sought after grants training in America and now, through a partnership with APCO Institute, APCO members can receive a $25.00 discount upon entering "APCO" when registering for any Grant Writing USA course! For more information on courses in your area, visit www.grantwritingusa.com.

Web Seminars

Join the APCO Institute each Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. for quality training and fun interaction with your peers. Each web seminar is one hour long and qualifies for one continuing dispatch education (CDE) credit. For more information or to register, log onto the APCO Institute website at http://www.apcointl.com/institute/webinars.htm. Upcoming titles include:

Transitioning to Supervisor - December 6

Recognizing Excellence in Emergency Communications - December 13

Click here for more information.

Click here for more information.

Have a position opening?

Why not advertise where
public safety communications
professionals look first?

Click here for more information. 

Program Details Now Available

Click here for more information.

Click here for more information.

Attend one of our co-hosted classes!

 Public Safety Telecommunicator 1, 6th Edition
Chattanooga, TN  Jan 8-12

Public Safety Telecommunicator 1 6th Edition Instructor
Somerville, TN  Jan 29 - Feb 2

Communications Training Officer
Ithaca, NY   Jan 8 -10

Communications Center Supervisor 
Frederick, MD   Dec. 4 - 6

Training at Your Desktop 

Public Safety Telecommunicator 1 - Instructor, 6th Edition
Starts December 27

Public Safety Telecommunicator 1, 6th Edition
Starts December 6

Communications Training Officer - Instructor
Starts December 20 

Communications Training Officer
Starts December 13

Communications Center Supervisor
Starts January 3

EMD Concepts
Starts December 27

EMD Instructor
Starts December 27

Fire Service Communications, 1st Edition
Starts December 13

Fire Service Communications - Instructor, 1st Edition
Starts December 20