TIME IS RUNING OUT TO GET REGISTERED FOR THE FLORIDA APCO 2019 SPRING TRAINING CONFERENCE!
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HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED JOINING THE FLORIDA APCO BOARD OF OFFICERS?
Elections will be held at our upcoming conference in Daytona Beach. If you are enthusiastic, have passion for educating others about this amazing career and want to make a statewide difference for our profession, consider taking the next step and running for a Board of Officers position. To be eligible you must bring approval from your agency to the conference. Click on the link below to get the authorization form.
Closing Gala Theme is "A Night at the Movies"
so pack your best red carpet attire for Thursday Night
Conference Attendance Scholarships Available!
FLORIDA APCO GIVES BACK
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Thank you for all the generous donations in support of those dispatchers affected by Hurricane Michael
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WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORTED THE HURRICANE MICHAEL TERT RESPONSE, PUTTING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS BEFORE THEIR OWN!
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Florida Chapter of APCO is proud to announce our annual conference next year in beautiful Daytona Beach. The conference will be filled with training classes and presentations, networking opportunities, vendor booths, and statewide recognition of some of the best 911 professionals in Florida. The dates are Monday through Friday, April 29th through May 2nd. Training sessions will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Florida Chapter of APCO is in the process of putting together a great array of training classes for all attendees. We are calling for instructors who are willing to share their knowledge and creativity by presenting a training topic. The tracks we will be focusing on include: Telecommunicator, Supervisor/Manager, Technical/911, and Special Interest. If you are interested in presenting this year, please go to our website to complete the "Call for Papers," located at the top of the training page. Simply complete the application and submit. A member of the committee will follow-up with you after you submit the application. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Jan. 18. Here is the link for submissions: http://www.apco-florida.org/training-page.html.
On behalf of FL-APCO, we thank all who have contributed over the years and look forward to hearing from you soon!!
Brandie Ball, Chair
APCO Florida Training Committee
Florida Chapter of APCO is in the process of putting together a great array of training classes for all attendees. We are calling for instructors who are willing to share their knowledge and creativity by presenting a training topic. The tracks we will be focusing on include: Telecommunicator, Supervisor/Manager, Technical/911, and Special Interest. If you are interested in presenting this year, please go to our website to complete the "Call for Papers," located at the top of the training page. Simply complete the application and submit. A member of the committee will follow-up with you after you submit the application. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Jan. 18. Here is the link for submissions: http://www.apco-florida.org/training-page.html.
On behalf of FL-APCO, we thank all who have contributed over the years and look forward to hearing from you soon!!
Brandie Ball, Chair
APCO Florida Training Committee
Florida APCO is going to gorgeous Daytona Beach
April 29, 2019- May 3, 2019.
Submissions for the Round Up Newsletter being accepted!
Do you have an idea for an article, want to recognize a co-worker or have other industry-related news you would like to share with the state? If so, contact our Round Up Editor, Clare Smith at ClSmith@vcso.us.
Florida APCO/NENA 2018
AWARD WINNERS
Information Technologist of the Year
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Supervisor of the Year
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Team of the Year
Broward County Sheriff's Office
THANK YOU TO OUR 2018 SPONSORS!
DIAMOND SPONSOR: REPLAY
PLATINUM SPONSORS: Motorola Solutions and KOVACORP
GOLD SPONSORS:AVIAT, AKIMEKA, AT&T, NICE, Star and Shield Insurance Services, and WEST
Silver Sponsors: ComTech, InDigital, Communications International, General Dynamics, and Motorola Solutions; A New Home for VESTA
Bronze Sponsors: Century Link, RapidDeploy and Vault
PLATINUM SPONSORS: Motorola Solutions and KOVACORP
GOLD SPONSORS:AVIAT, AKIMEKA, AT&T, NICE, Star and Shield Insurance Services, and WEST
Silver Sponsors: ComTech, InDigital, Communications International, General Dynamics, and Motorola Solutions; A New Home for VESTA
Bronze Sponsors: Century Link, RapidDeploy and Vault
Florida 911 Professionals in the News!
NICE Recognizes 2018 PSAPs’ Finest Award Winners at APCO 2018 Conference
Below are this year's PSAPs' Finest award recipients:
PSAP of the Year - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Communication Bureau;
Director of the Year - Liane Scharnott, Communications Center Director, Bayside Communications Center, Bayside, WI;
Line Supervisor of the Year -Elli D. Childs, 911 Public Safety Supervisor 2, Pinellas County Regional 911, Largo, FL;
Technician of the Year - Brad Coffey. Section Chief - Infrastructure Support. Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jefferson City, MO;
Telecommunicator of the Year - Ryan Culver, Telecommunicator, Ottawa County Central Dispatch Authority, West Olive, MI;
Innovator of the Year - Shawn Shear, ENP, Communications Center Manager, Thornton 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Center, Thornton, CO;
Trainer of the Year (two-way tie) - John Halaychik III, Professional Development Coordinator, Tompkins County Department of Emergency Response, Ithaca, NY (and)
Sandy Swartz, Emergency Complaint Writer, St. Petersburg Police Department, St. Petersburg, FL.
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The APCO Institute's Illuminations program is growing! Illuminations provides the opportunity to obtain at-your-desk continuing education by “illuminating” a new training topic each month through an annual subscription-based service for a total of 12 topics. The program was designed to meet the immediate needs of agencies that now have state-mandated continuing education. Read all the details here.
Click here for all the info you need on becoming a Florida Certified Public Safety Telecommunicator as well as the steps needed to certify your agency's training program.
Here is the final curriculum.
