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Cyber Security and the PSAP

The following is a list of questions and answers provided by a panel made up of members of the Sacramento Regional Fire/EMS Communications Center employees. They presented this information to our members at the monthly chapter meeting held March 13, 2014. Q: Do you fully isolate the P25 radio network […]


Legislative Update

The Legislature spring recess starts next week. There will be some committee deadlines shortly thereafter that will keep the legislators, lobbyists and sponsors very busy. This fiscal year’s budget looks good – there are budget surpluses. Everyone is waiting for the Governor’s May revision to next fiscal year’s budget. Don’t […]


ProCHRT Committee Survey

We are excited to announce that we have formed the Northern California Chapter ProCHRT committee! The APCO ProCHRT committee was established in 2009 by APCO International. The Professional Communications Human Resources Committee (ProCHRT) was formed to study and gather information about human resources, recognition and training issues related to the […]


President’s Message (March 2014)

Each year, the second full week of April is dedicated to the women and men who serve as Public Safety Telecommunicators, this year the National Telecommunicators’ Week falls on the week of April 13-19. It was first conceived by Patricia Anderson of the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office in 1981 […]


NENA Workgroup Survey

As a result of increasing demands on PSAPs associated with increased call volume, new technologies, budget constraints and staffing shortages, the NENA PSAP Ops Committee – Task Overload Workgroup was formed and has been tasked with identifying the concurrent number of tasks that can be completed by a Telecommunicator, a […]