I recently sat down with Steve Devine, who was named Chief Technology Officer for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO) this past December. APCO works to empower and educate public safety communications professionals.
As National Telecommunicators Week wraps up, Hamilton County is moving forward with renovation plans on a new building for the County Emergency Communications Center.
Sean Treadwell, a junior at LPHS, asked the CVS manager in Lake Placid for a store donation Tuesday morning, and she told him to call the store in the next day or so.
“We put our heads together and we decided we wanted to show our appreciation,” said Treadwell, a junior at the high school. “We will put together gift baskets for them.”
The 9-1-1 team was bestowed the award March 27 during the Georgia Emergency Communications Conference in Athens.
More 911 dispatchers are working remotely from home.
In an unassuming co-working space in Person County, Conrad Shadel is answering 911 calls and dispatching police, fire and EMS — thousands of miles away.
