Attendee Brochure - APCO 2013
Attendee Brochure - APCO 2013
Attendee Brochure - APCO 2013
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21<br />
Professional Development Sessions<br />
Radio Frequency Power and Antenna<br />
VSWR Measurements in Digital Land<br />
Mobile Radio Applications<br />
Tim Holt, Bird Electronic<br />
Corporation<br />
Transmitter output power and antenna VSWR<br />
measurements have played an important<br />
role in the daily maintenance of land mobile<br />
radio systems since the earliest days of<br />
their deployment. For many years, simple<br />
modulation and channel access methods<br />
were used with these systems, enabling the<br />
use of the most basic RF power measurement<br />
techniques. During the past 20 years, the<br />
advent of complex modulation formats has<br />
required the development of new power<br />
measurement techniques. This presentation<br />
will provide specific guidelines for the<br />
measurement of modern LMR waveforms ,<br />
with emphasis on DMR, Project 25, and related<br />
systems.<br />
IPAWS & CMAS — NextGen Mass<br />
Notification<br />
Samuel Asher, Hyper-Reach (Asher<br />
Group)<br />
Wouldn’t you like to be able to have your<br />
emergency notification messages reach<br />
people’s cell phones, even if they are just<br />
visiting from another part of the country?<br />
CMAS (commercial mobile alert system) under<br />
IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert and Warning<br />
System) is groundbreaking technology<br />
available for use, to local, state and federal<br />
agencies, via DHS/FEMA. We will learn the<br />
steps necessary to get certified, vendor<br />
integration, testing, message structure, and<br />
proper usage. Participants will also learn a<br />
broad overview of how IPAWS is integrated<br />
with the Emergency Alert System, which<br />
covers radio, TV, and satellite broadcasts.<br />
T-Band — What’s Next for Public<br />
Safety<br />
Stu Overby, Motorola Solutions; Harlin<br />
McEwen, National Public Safety<br />
Telecommunications Council; Donald<br />
Wright, Interagency Communications<br />
Interoperability System; David Troup,<br />
Greater Boston Area Police Council<br />
Public Safety is a heavy user of the T-Band<br />
(470-512 MHz) spectrum available in the<br />
top eleven urban areas. Congress passed<br />
legislation that requires the FCC to auction<br />
that spectrum for commercial use by 2021 with<br />
public safety clearing out of the band by 2023.<br />
This panel of spectrum experts and public<br />
safety T-Band users will address analysis on<br />
potential spectrum options, relocation costs/<br />
timing and recommended next steps.<br />
Impact of Texting to 9-1-1 on Staffing<br />
and Grade of Service<br />
Terry Wright, RCC Consultants, Inc.<br />
With text messaging to 9-1-1 about to become<br />
commonplace, what impact will it have on a<br />
PSAP’s grade of service in answering 9-1-1<br />
calls and on the staffing necessary to ensure<br />
prompt response? This lecture will use discrete<br />
event simulation to examine how processing<br />
text messages will differ from traditional voice<br />
calls and the impact on staffing levels to ensure<br />
a prompt response to all 9-1-1 calls.<br />
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.<br />
Nationwide SAR Initiative – 9-1-1 Call<br />
Operator’s Role in a Safer America<br />
David Sobczyk, Nationwide SAR Initiative<br />
The Nationwide SAR Initiative recently<br />
developed a Public Safety Telecommunications<br />
Training that assists call takers and dispatchers<br />
(9-1-1 operators) in recognizing what kinds of<br />
suspicious behaviors are associated with preincident<br />
terrorism activities, understanding how<br />
and where to report suspicious activity, and<br />
protecting privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties<br />
when documenting information. With more<br />
than 250,000 tele-communicators and 9-1-1<br />
operators, telecommunications professionals<br />
play an important role in the NSI’s overall<br />
mission. Integrating this training in your agency<br />
operations it will serve to strengthen the SAR<br />
message nationwide and continue to provide a<br />
safer and more secure America.<br />
Denise Amber Lee — We Must Learn the<br />
Lesson<br />
Tony Harrison, Public Safety Group;<br />
Nathan Lee, Denise Amber Lee<br />
Foundation<br />
Tony Harrison and Nathan Lee will discuss the<br />
kidnapping and murder of Denise Lee and the<br />
tragic mistakes that were made that day that<br />
kept the kidnapper from being caught when<br />
a passerby dialed 9-1-1. On that fateful day,<br />
numerous 9-1-1 calls were made and most<br />
were handled well. This class will focus on<br />
lessons learned from this incident and educate<br />
attendees in what occurred and why and what<br />
we can do to prevent it from happening at our<br />
own agency.<br />
The Accidental Project Manager<br />
Bonnie Maney, SEARCH Group, Inc.<br />
It is common for people to be assigned to lead<br />
a project for factors based on availability rather<br />
than project management training, skills, and<br />
abilities. In this presentation, the presenter<br />
and attendees will explore the challenges the<br />
accidental project manager faces and provide<br />
best practices for achieving project success<br />
despite the feeling of being in the wrong place<br />
at the wrong time. In a world where budgets<br />
are tight and project success is more critical<br />
than ever, personnel can arm themselves with<br />
tools to overcome these challenges and be<br />
successful project managers.<br />
Session and Description Coming Soon<br />
Frontline Telecommunicator<br />
Supervision & Leadership Development<br />
Communications Center Management<br />
Regulatory & Legislative Issues<br />
Emergency Preparedness, Response & Situational Awareness<br />
Radio Technologies, LMR & Spectrum Management<br />
Emerging Technologies & Applications<br />
Current Events/Hot Topics<br />
NG9-1-1 and New Response Technology<br />
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