Diane Rinaldo, the Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), will provide the keynote for APCO’s Emerging Technology Forum, taking place October 8-9 in Denver. NTIA is the agency principally responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and spectrum policy, and plays a significant role in administering federal 9-1-1 grant programs. No doubt, Ms. Rinaldo will have interesting updates to share regarding the recently-awarded $109 million to states to help emergency communications centers upgrade to Next Generation 9-1-1. Register for the Emerging Technology Forum and stay tuned for additional program updates.
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NG911 Institute
Open seats to be chosen are one consumer telco (small provider), two public safety vendor, one member at large (general) and two member at large (public safety).
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The Times-Tribune
A resolution by the Knox County (Kentucky) Fiscal Court recognizes telecommunicators as part of the county’s public safety critical infrastructure.
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DailyAdvance.com
Currituck County (North Carolina) will use the state grant to help finance an $18 million center that combines the sheriff’s office, emergency management, emergency medical services and 9-1-1 communications.
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BereaOnline.com
Students received 205 hours of instruction during five weeks of training. Training outlined the role of the public safety telecommunicator, phone and radio procedures and medical dispatch procedures.
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Valley News
The departments will divide costs based on personnel and technology over a two-year period.
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Homeland Preparedness News
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, the First Responder Network Authority and more than 75 industry partners shored up evolution standards for public safety broadband communications.
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YourValley.net
Scottsdale (Arizona) police received 108,947 calls to 9-1-1 and 160,581 non-emergency calls. Some of those emergency calls begin with a hang up which requires follow up by the telecommunicator.
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Pine Journal
"9-1-1, what’s your emergency?" The sentence is repeated hundreds of times each week inside the Carlton County (Minnesota) 911 Dispatch Office as operators answer a wide variety of calls.
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U.S. News & World Report
Lincoln County's telecommunicators multi-task their way through the emergencies and non-emergencies transmitted over the telephone lines.
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Times Recorder
Dispatchers are literally the lifeline heroes of every emergency, according to Kim Hambel, director of operations at the Muskingum County Sheriff's office.
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The Chronicle
Along with sharing statistics about the Columbia 911 Communications District, the agency discussed the key role that telecommunicators play in emergency response.
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WSB-TV 2
Telecommunicator Chris Morris told the driver to pull over on Interstate 20 as the mother screamed from labor pains. With his guidance the mother delivered a healthy baby.
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