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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 />

<strong>APCO</strong> <strong>2013</strong> AUGUST 18-21 ANAHEIM, CA WWW.<strong>APCO</strong><strong>2013</strong>.ORG #<strong>APCO</strong><strong>2013</strong> |17

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