Getting Text-to-911 Right: Implementation, Recording and Quality Assurance Best Practices
During this webinar, text-to-911 trailblazer and BVCOG 9-1-1 program manager Anita Pitt, and Patrick Botz, co-author of the book, The High Performing PSAP: Next Generation 9-1-1 and Quality Assurance Best Practices, will explain what you need to do to get ready for text-to-911. They’ll share:
- Best practices for implementing text-to-911
- Options for recording 9-1-1 texts, and why relying on basic text handling logs is not enough
- How to avoid the pitfalls of short-term solutions by deploying a recording system that complies with the i3 standards
- Tips for evaluating your telecommunicators’ handling of 9-1-1 text messages, and much more!
This webinar is worth one CDE. Free for members; $59 for non-members
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APCO has contracted with George Mason University (GMU) to conduct a survey to determine incident handling times. The following are the ways for PSAP Directors to gain access in the survey:
By Email - You may have already received an email regarding this survey, and you are welcome to still use the link that was emailed. If you are unable to use that link or if you would like to participate and have not received any email, you may send an email with your name, PSAP name and location to cssr@gmu.edu.
By Mail - A paper version of the survey that included a self-addressed stamped envelope to return the survey was sent out to PSAPs. If you received a paper survey, please mail it back as soon as possible in order to meet our deadline.
By Phone - GMU will also be contacting PSAPs by phone to remind them to take the survey or participate in this survey over the phone. If you have not yet been contacted and would like to schedule an appointment to take the survey by phone, please send an email to cssr@gmu.edu with your name, PSAP name and location.
The deadline for PSAP directors or managers to participate in this survey is June 1.
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 Natalie Duran began her career with the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department as a Fire Rescue Dispatcher in 1973. Natalie quickly moved up in rank to Supervisor in 1980 and in 1986 she was promoted to Fire Communications Officer, managing the operations of the communications center. She retired in 2012, after 36 years of service.
Since 2012, she has been an adjunct instructor for the APCO Institute, training telecommunicators across the country and in Baja California.
As the FL-APCO TERT Coordinator, she worked with other agencies in Florida in the deployment of first responders during Hurricane Irma 2017.
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