There’s still time to take advantage of the APCO Scholarship Program and apply for a general scholarship. Awards can be used for any APCO Institute courses. Only APCO members are eligible to apply. The application deadline is Tuesday, April 1.
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Come to Daytona Beach, Florida, for APCO’s Agency Instructor course from March 31 to April 4. Designed for public safety professionals, this in-person training equips you with essential instructional techniques, adult learning principles and presentation skills to be certified to train emergency communications personnel in your agency.
Instructor topics offered are as follows:
To attend, you must already be certified in the discipline you plan to instruct. The deadline to register is March 23.
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We think you're all rock stars! For National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week 2025, which takes place April 13-19, we are asking you what music, song, band or even dance move describes your agency. To enter the contest, send us your answer and explain why it describes your shift or agency.
Voting is open now through April 21. Two winners will receive a $150 gift card or sponsored meal for their ECC! Thank you to Naylor Association Solutions for sponsoring the small ECC prize.
Enter this year's contest
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Our AFC courses are just over a month away, and there's still time to sign up! APCO, in collaboration with IWA Technical Services, is thrilled to offer two exciting courses this spring:
General Communications Technician Level 1
April 28-30 | 24 CDEs
This three-day course covers all areas that today’s radio communications technician/engineer in the land mobile radio public safety or business/commercial communications field will encounter.
Line Antenna Sweep
May 1-2 | 16 CDEs
This comprehensive two-day, hands-on course will give you all the knowledge necessary to test and evaluate RF signals that originate from a radio transmitter and propagate to a receiver.
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We want you to design the next conference shirt! Your design should incorporate the host city of Baltimore and/or the state of Maryland and portray the spirit of APCO and emergency communications. Designs will be voted on, and the winner's artwork will be printed on the back of the next APCO conference shirt.
A panel of judges will select three finalists to advance in the competition. The deadline for submission is April 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The winner will receive one full APCO Annual Conference & Expo registration.
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Demonstrations are now available to learn about APCO’s criteria-based Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) Program. Designed to provide standardized pre-arrival instructions, the program was developed so that telecommunicators can quickly and effectively assess medical emergencies and dispatch the appropriate resources. A key feature of the program is customizable guidecards, which align with an agency’s specific protocols and local requirements. In addition, the program meets all National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, ASTM and American Heart Association national standards.
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UC News
Within 20 minutes of Kylee Beccaccio initiating a campuswide emergency alert, the missing 6-year-old was found and reunited with a parent.
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WGN Chicago
Telecommunicators located a car with a woman who had called and then hung up during an apparent argument. Police reported assisting a woman with bruises to her face and body.
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
James Hengehold was named dispatcher of the year for “composure during rapidly evolving and chaotic incidents as a cornerstone of the Edwardsville 9-1-1” emergency communications center.
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KOCO News 5
Rebecca Patterson helped the mother in active labor go through the steps for delivery and then clean out the baby’s nose and mouth before emergency medical personnel arrived.
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Rocky Mountain PBS
“It’s like ‘you’re okay, you’re okay, you’re okay.’ And then it rises, rises, rises, and you crash. It can be one call that tips you over, or something in your personal life,” said Durango Emergency Communications Center Director Kati Fox.
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