APCO News

Join the 9-1-1 Fitness Challenge  

The deadline to register is this week.  Visit http://www.911fitness.com/fitnesschallenge.htm for more information.

Honor Your Retirees  

Does your communications center have an employee with 20+ years of service who is retiring soon? Let us know and we will send a letter of congratulations from APCO President Wanda McCarley. E-mail vanwoertk@apco911.org with the employee's name, mailing address and years of dedicated service.

Don't Let 2006 Pass You By  

Renew your dues for 2007. You may pay online using a credit card at http://apcointl.com/membership/join.php. If you have already paid your 2007 membership dues, THANK YOU!

Membership Training  

The Chapter Officers Training & Mentoring Course (COTM) is not just for chapter officers. The six-week online course is free to APCO members and provides an overview to the association's workings. It will tell you everything youve always wanted to know about your association but didn't know who to ask. It covers governing documents, chapters, regions, membership, dues, awards, meetings, corporate documents, parliamentary procedure, recruitment, retention and best practices. Go to www.apconetforum.org/eweb and click on "upcoming events." Register using your User ID (email address) and password (APCO Member number). Seating is limited.

Leave your mark at APCO Headquarters! 

Purchase a brick to commemorate a special event, to celebrate a special time or to memorialize a friend or colleague. Download an order form at http://apcointl.com/membership/documents/BrickOrderForm.pdf.

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 

APCO MAAP Expanding Roster 

APCO International's Member Assistance Advisory Program (MAAP) is expanding its roster of volunteer Subject Matter Exerts (SMEs) used to perform its MAAP Agency Reviews. MAAP has a wide-ranging yet simple goal: To provide public safety communications managers and their executive leadership with advice on the issues surrounding effective and efficient operations - every day. Individuals interested in serving as a MAAP volunteer SME are encouraged to complete the online application located on the Comm Center and 9-1-1 Services webpage at http://www.apcointl.org/about/911/.  

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:

Recognizing Excellence in Emergency Communications - December 13
Motivating Employees - January 3

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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

Training at Your Desktop 

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

Public Safety Telecommunicator 1, 6th Edition
Starts January 3

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