APCO International has filed a Project Initiation with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to revise APCO American National Standard (ANS) Core Competencies, Operational Factors, and Training for Next Generation Technologies in the Emergency Communications Center (ECC).
APCO Announces Final Approval of American National Standard for Incident Handling Process
APCO International received final approval on February 27, 2024, for the revision of APCO American National Standard (ANS) Public Safety Communications Incident Handling Process.
APCO Seeks Working Group Members to Revise Standard for Channel Nomenclature
APCO International has filed a Project Initiation with the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) to revise APCO/NPSTC Standard for Channel Nomenclature for the Public Safety Interoperability Channels.
APCO Seeks Working Group Members to Create a New Operational Standard for Remote Support
APCO International is seeking participants to create an APCO American National Standard (ANS) titled, Minimum Technical Requirements for Remote Support to Emergency Communications Center Operations.
APCO Seeks Quality Assurance Subject Matter Experts for the Revision of an APCO Standard
APCO International has filed a Project Initiation with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to revise APCO American National Standard (ANS) Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Quality Assurance Evaluators.
APCO Seeks Working Group Members to Revise a Training Standard
APCO International has filed a Project Initiation with the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) to revise APCO American National Standard (ANS) Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Instructor.
APCO Seeks Working Group Members to Assist With the Development of a New Technical Standard
APCO International has issued a call for participation in the creation of a new technical standard titled 700 MHz Deployable Public Safety Trunking Systems.
APCO Announces Reaccreditation Approval by American National Standards Institute
APCO International announces that it has been reaccredited as an ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer (ASD) by successfully completing an audit by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
APCO Seeks Volunteers for Revision of Standard
APCO has extended the call for participation regarding the revision of the ANS APCO/NENA Standard for TTY/TDD Use in the Emergency Communications Center until November 22, 2023.
APCO Seeks Volunteers for Revision of Standard for TTY/TDD Use in ECCs
APCO International is seeking volunteers to assist with the revision and redesignation of the standard titled ANS APCO/NENA Standard for TTY/TDD Use in the Emergency Communications Center (ECC).
APCO Seeks Volunteers for Revision of Standard for TERT Deployment
APCO International is seeking volunteers to assist with the revision and redesignation of the standard titled ANS APCO/NENA Standard for Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Deployment.
APCO Seeks Working Group Members to Assist With the Revision of an Operational Standard
APCO International is seeking working group members to participate in the revision of APCO ANS Multi-Functional, Multi-Discipline Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Minimum Functional Requirements.
Standards in Action
As an American National Standards (ANS) accredited Standards Developer, APCO is dedicated to ensuring public safety communications has a role in the development of standards affecting our industry.
APCO Files Two American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Project Initiation (PINS)
APCO International has filed two ANSI Project Initiation (PINS) for the Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training Coordinator and the Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training Officer (CTO).
APCO Announces Final Approval and Publication of New American National Standard
APCO received final approval for APCO ANS 1.122.1-2023 Career Progression Within the Public Safety Emergency Communications Center on June 2, 2023.
APCO Seeks Comments on Candidate Standard Titled Career Progression Within the Public Safety Emergency Communications Center (ECC)
APCO International is seeking comments for the candidate American National Standard (ANS) titled Career Progression Within the Public Safety Emergency Communication Center (ECC)
APCO Announces Final Approval and Publication of Revised and Redesignated American National Standard on Wireless 9-1-1 Deployment and Management of Effective Practices Guide
APCO received final approval from the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) for publication of the APCO ANS 1.103.3-2022 Wireless 9-1-1 Deployment and Management of Effective Practices Guide on November 7, 2022.
APCO Announces Final Approval of American National Standard on Detecting Early Warning Symptoms of Stress in Public Safety Telecommunicators
APCO received final approval from the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) for publication of a new standard titled APCO ANS 3.111.1-2022 Detecting Early Warning Symptoms of Stress in Public Safety Telecommunicators on November 7, 2022.
APCO Files a Project Initiation and Seeks Working Group Members to Revise the American National Standard Minimum Training Standard for Public Safety Telecommunicator
APCO has filed a Project Initiation with ANSI and has issued a call for participation for working group members to participate in the revision of the APCO ANS Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Telecommunicators.
APCO Seeks Comments on Candidate Standard Detecting Early Warning Symptoms of Stress in the Public Safety Telecommunicator
APCO International is seeking comments for the candidate American National Standard (ANS) for Detecting Early Warning Symptoms of Stress in the Public Safety Telecommunicator.
APCO Seeks Comments on Candidate Standard for Revision of Wireless 9-1-1 Deployment and Management Effective Practices Guide
APCO International is seeking comments for the candidate American National Standard (ANS) for the revision of Wireless 9-1-1 Deployment and Management Effective Practices Guide.
APCO Announces Final Approval and Publication of Revised and Redesignated American National Standard
APCO International received final approval for APCO ANS 1.101.4-2022 Standard for Public Safety Telecommunicators When Responding to Calls of Missing, Abducted and Sexually Exploited Children on June 17, 2022
APCO Announces Final Approval of American National Standard
This standard provides a common data set used to deliver AACN data to emergency communication centers and responders, identifies crash and medical data elements, and uses a common data exchange format allowing for multiple methods of data transfer and handling.
APCO Seeks Comments on Candidate American National Standard for Public Safety Telecommunicators When Responding to Calls of Missing, Abducted and/or Sexually Exploited Children
APCO International is seeking comments for the revision of APCO candidate American National Standard (ANS) for Public Safety Telecommunicators When Responding to Calls of Missing, Abducted and/or Sexually Exploited Children in its second public review and comment period ending May 29, 2022.
APCO Seeks Comments on Candidate American National Standard for Advanced Automatic Collision Notification (AACN) Vehicle Emergency Data Set (VEDS)
APCO International is seeking comments for the candidate American National Standard (ANS) for Advanced Automatic Collision Notification (AACN) Vehicle Emergency Data Set (VEDS).
