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Chapter Meeting Notice Proposed Bylaws Amendments and Policy Manual
Chapter Meeting: Friday, May half dozen, 2016, at 9:thirty a.chiliad., Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel
The draft Policy Manual, proposed Bylaws amendments, and the proposed resolutions to enact these changes are provided for your download and review. Both documents will exist reviewed and voted on by the membership in attendance at the Affiliate meeting held at the 2016 NENA/APCO Leap Conference in Virginia Beach on Fri, May vi, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. Please feel free to achieve out to any board fellow member with whatsoever questions, comments, and/or suggestions so that we, the Board, ensure your interests have been met.
Cynthia Bird Shrout, Chapter Secretary
Affiliate Issues April 2016 Newsletter
APCO and NENA Chapter Members Attend Wintertime Acme
Public Safe Telecommunications Awards Program
Nominations Deadline March four (Now Airtight)
The Virginia Chapter of APCO is pleased to recognize the outstanding achievements of public condom telecommunicators within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Awards for 2015 will be announced and awarded at the 2016 NENA/APCO Spring Briefing (May 4-six, 2016) in Virginia Embankment. Awards are in the categories of Outstanding Individual Performance in a Disquisitional Incident, Outstanding Team Performance in a Critical Incident, Telecommunicator of the Year, Trainer of the Year, Line Supervisor of the Year, Information Technologist or Radio Frequency Technologist of the Year, and Communications Center Managing director of the Year. Nominations must be received no later than Friday, March 4, 2016.
Each year, we receive many outstanding nominations in each category. The program is successful because others took the fourth dimension to nominate those outstanding telecommunicators. Delight take the time this year to submit a nomination for an individual or squad you lot believe to exist worthy. For Nomination Forms and additional information, visit Telecommunicator Awards Programme.
Submit your nominations to Awards Committee Chair Jada Lee by March iv, 2016. (Now Closed)
Thanks to each of you lot for what you do EVERYDAY!!!!
2016 Virginia NENA/APCO Spring Conference
Call for Presentations
The Conference Committee is seeking presentations for seminars, workshops, and educational sessions designed to brainwash public rubber communications professionals. Interested presenters should complete the registration procedure for the Call for Papers/Presentations past March ane, 2016. Select "Submit" to brainstorm registering your proposed presentation. List your topic and a brief description for inclusion in the conference plan. Topics may be business organization-related, but not blatantly commercial or product-specific. You lot volition accept the ability to upload a sample power point or outline
Public Safe Telecommunications Awards Programme
Terms Effective December 1
Officers for 2015-2016 (effective December 1, 2015):
- President - Nicola Tidey (Orange Canton)
- President-Elect - Jo-Anne Munroe (Alexandria)
- Vice-President - Gabe Elias (Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle County)
- Secretarial assistant - Cynthia A. Bird Shrout (Fairfax County)
- APCO International Executive Council Consul - Bill Agee (Hampton)
- Chapter Directors - Jim Junkins (Harrisonburg-Rockingham County), Micah Meadows (Fauquier County), Eric Albert (Colonial Heights), Joell Kight (Fauquier Canton)
- Immediate Past President - Richard Troshak (Chesterfield County)
Thanks to each of our officers and board members for their defended service on behalf of the Chapter and Association. A special thank you is extended to Julie McKercher who retired from the Board of Directors after having served nigh recently equally a Director-at-Large and previously in other positions including Chapter President.
Souder Honored With Lifetime Accomplishment Award
Steve Souder, Director of the Fairfax County Department of Public Condom Communications (DPSC), was awarded the Melinda 50. Bramley Lifetime Accomplishment Award at the 2015 Virginia Public Safety Communications Conference and Exposition in Roanoke on Wednesday, October 28. Steve has over xx years of experience in emergency communications and has represented the E-911 industry and public safe more broadly on countless professional person committees, national task forces, congressional and FCC hearings. His commanding presence, passion for the chore and eloquent style of speaking has inspired an entire generation of E9-1-1 professionals in Virginia and across. A life member of APCO International, Steve chaired APCO Project RETAINS, a project started in 2001. The results of the project were released in 2005 and include the nigh all-encompassing in depth inquiry ever conducted on the bug impacting the recruitment, hiring, processing, preparation and retention of personnel in 911 public safety communications centers.The Virginia Affiliate of APCO established the Melinda Fifty. Bramley Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 to honor and recognize selected individuals who have demonstrated the highest levels of commitment and dedication to the field of public condom communications throughout a significant period of their lives. The award is named in laurels of longtime APCO member Melinda Bramley, a 40-year employee of the City of Virginia Beach, who began her career with the Virginia Beach 911 Emergency Communications Sectionalisation in 1969 and retire at the end of 2010. Melinda has been a fellow member of APCO (Clan of Public Safety Communications Officials Inc.) since 1982, and served on the Executive Board from 1984 to 2010. A Chapter life member, she honorably served as Virginia APCO'south President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Souder is the 4th recipient of the award joining Melinda Bramley (2010), Phil Heins (2011), and Terry Hall (2014). For more information on the honour and recipients, visit the Lifetime Accomplishment Honor page.
Carol Adams and Rich Troshak Awarded Affiliate Life Membership
Carol Adams serves as the Virginia Chapter's Treasurer and is Director of the Division of Emergency Communications for Stafford County Sheriff's Department. Rich Troshak completes his second term as Affiliate President this month and is Manager of the Chesterfield County 9-1-ane Communications Center. Both accept made significant contributions to the Chapter throughout their public safety careers.
Carol and Rich, congratulations and thanks for your defended service!
2015 Virginia APCO Election Gear up for October 29;
Nominations Announced
Nominee for Vice President: Gabe Elias
Gabe Elias is the ECC Systems Manager at the Charlottesville - UVA - Albemarle County Emergency Communications Eye. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.A. in 2000, at which time he joined the new It staff at the ECC. Gabe's work includes not only traditional IT and datacenter/network technologies, merely too wireless information networks, legacy and adjacent generation ix-1-1 equipment and public rubber two-way radio and interoperability systems. He took over systems management of the ECC'southward regional 800 MHz radio arrangement in 2009 and joined the Region three RPAC-I, on which committee he has served as secretary, vice chair and chair. He served on the Virginia Statewide Interoperability Executive Council (SIEC) and the SIEC Analogous Committee. He is currently a Director At Big on the Lath of Directors for the Virginia Chapter of APCO.
Nominee for Secretarial assistant: Cynthia Bird Shrout
Cynthia Bird Shrout is the Banana Director, 9-ane-1 Acceleration Operations Bureau for the Fairfax County Section of Public Safe Communications, responsible for a staff of 159 employees. She began her career in 1986 as a call taker. Since then she has been promoted through the agency to the positions of Banana Supervisor, Supervisor, Training and Career Development Coordinator, Operations Chief/9-1-1, and currently, the Assistant Director, 9-one-ane Dispatch Operations Bureau. She has been an active member of APCO since 2006, fellow member of the membership committee for two years, currently the Secretarial assistant for the Virginia APCO Chapter board, and helped to develop the APCO Chapter TERT program. In 2013 she received her APCO Establish RPL certification.
Nominee for Managing director at Large: Terry Hall
Terry Hall, is Chief of Emergency Communications for York-Poquoson-Williamsburg Emergency Communications Center. Terry has worked diligently with APCO for over twenty years, getting to know and working with many Chapter members, whether it was on a slice of legislation, serving on a committee, or every bit an Executive Quango member. Terry joined APCO equally a commercial vendor for the first v years of his active twenty year membership. For the past fifteen plus years, he has served in the membership as a public safety professional person. During this time, he has been honored to serve in the position of President of the Virginia Chapter twice, as Treasurer of the Virginia affiliate, and as legislative chair for the past ten years. He served as the Affiliate's delegate to the International Executive Council (2008-2009). He has served as an APCO International Board member for the past three years, highlighted by serving equally APCO International President for 2012-13. Highlighting some of the other efforts he has been a office of are:
- APCO Project Locate for the Republic of Virginia
- Served as co-chair for PBX MLTS for Virginia
- Served on APCO International Strategic Planning Committee
- Chaired the APCO International Homeland Security Committee
- Chaired APCO International's MAPP Commission
- Chaired two successful East Declension conferences, and served on numerous committees for both APCO International and APCO Virginia
Terry has made a conscious conclusion to commit to the mission and goals of APCO and has been active equally well as proactive within the system to be part of creating and applying solutions rather than settling for the status quo. In believing that nosotros can ever strive to do better and to exist better, Terry has exemplified the public safety professional through the presentation and enacting of new ideas and innovations within our manufacture not only to the benefit of individual organizations, simply public safe as a whole.
Committee members are
Rich Troshak troshakr@chesterfield.gov
Bill Agee bill.agee@hampton.gov
Cyndi Bird Shrout cynthia.birdshrout@fairfaxcounty.gov
E-911 Services Board Plans to Form
Regional Advisory Council (RAC)
Bulletin FROM Chapter PRESIDENT RICH TROSHAK: The Regional Informational Council (RAC) that has been proposed through the Commonwealth'due south 9-1-ane Services Board is an invaluable opportunity for PSAPs to have statewide representation and provide valuable feedback on important issues and time to come challenges. For this to work, WE Need YOUR HELP!
The RAC is a Groovy opportunity merely time is running out! Applications close Wed, Baronial 26 at 5pm.
All meetings will be held via an internet meeting site, so no need to travel to the Richmond area or across the State to participate.
To participate, all y'all have to do is:
- Express an interest via a comprehend letter
- Provide a letter of the alphabet of support from your agency
- Submit a resume
Again, the deadline to employ for this important committee has been extended to Baronial 26, 2015. This is YOUR take chances to get involved in the FUTURE of 9-one-ane in Virginia. Give thanks yous for your consideration!
2015 Call for Nominations
Your expressions of interest or nominations of others should exist received past Monday, September 21, in order that the committee may review and report their recommendations 30 days prior to the business meeting. A brusque career biography, resume, or career brief for each candidate should exist forwarded with your nomination or expression of interest forth with a letter of the alphabet or email of support from your agency. The Nominating Committee may submit multiple candidates for each office.
Please send nominations, argument of candidacy, correspondence, and attachments to: nominations@virginia-apco.org.
For validation, all submissions will exist acknowledged by the committee chair. (If you lot don't receive a validation within three days, delight resubmit and/or contact a committee fellow member) Delight feel free to contact members of the committee if you take questions or wish to discuss the available positions, duties, and responsibilities.
Committee members are
Rich Troshak troshakr@chesterfield.gov
Bill Agee bill.agee@hampton.gov
Cyndi Bird Shrout cynthia.birdshrout@fairfaxcounty.gov
Carol Adams and Bill Agee Awarded APCO International Life Membership
Lisa Duvall Named APCO International'due south
Line Supervisor of the Twelvemonth
Among this twelvemonth'south recipients is Lisa Duvall of the Chesapeake Law Department (Chesapeake, VA) selected as APCO International'due south Line Supervisor of the Year. Congratulations, Lisa!
Orangish County and Charlottesville/UVA/Albemarle Emergency Communications Receive APCO P33 Certification
- Charlottesville/UVA/Albemarle County Emergency Communications, Charlottesville, VA
- Metropolis of Roanoke E 911, Roanoke, VA
- Fairfax County Section of Public Safety Communications, Fairfax, VA
- Fauquier Canton Sheriff'south Role, Warrenton, VA
- Prince William County Public Safety Communications, Woodrclassge, VA
- Stafford County Sheriff's Function of Emergency Communications, Stafford, VA (2 recertifications)
- Virginia Beach 9-1-1 Emergency Communications, Virginia Beach, VA
Both Agencies were recognized during the Food for Idea Luncheon which took place August xix, 2015 as part of APCO 2015, APCO's 81st Annual Briefing & Expo in Washington, DC August sixteen-19. For more information most the P33 Training Program Certification procedure, visit www.apcointl.org/p33/ for details.
Nib Hobgood Receives CSAA Public Sector Honor
"Over the past several years, Bill has worked tirelessly to promote and implement ASAP\AE, a program that increases the efficiency and reliability of emergency electronic signals from cardinal station alarm companies to Public Service Answering Points (PSAPs)," said CSAA President Pamela J. Petrow. "Beak is the ideal recipient of this countdown award" he has been an indefatigable advocate for the ASAP program, which benefits both the private and public sector."
"I am deeply honored to receive CSAA's Inaugural Public Sector Honour," said Hobgood. "Having personally developed the first ASAP to Calculator-Aided Dispatch interface for York County, VA and the Metropolis of Richmond, VA that was launched in 2006 as a two-and-a-half yr airplane pilot, I realized from twenty-four hour period 1 that the ASAP program would get the win-win that it has for public rubber and the alarm manufacture with the primary beneficiary being the community that we serve. The ASAP program has a proven track record of successes across the U.s. fabricated possible due to faster responses by public safety responders."
Hobgood was nominated for the award by Vector Security and by CSAA By President Louis T. Fiore. "This award is and so well-deserved!" said Fiore. "Bill has done a smashing bargain for CSAA, ASAP and the industry every bit a whole, and I congratulate him on this recognition."
ASAP was launched in 2011 every bit an initiative past the warning industry in a cooperative effort between the Association of Public Communications Officials (APCO) and CSAA. With ASAP, critical life safety signals and accurate data is processed in seconds, not minutes, through the Nlets system of state-to-state PSAP communication, insuring that critical time is not lost, and that complete and accurate data is transmitted to the PSAP every time. The ASAP program also helps reduce false alarms, and may save the PSAPs and emergency services potentially millions of dollars.
"ASAP is a critical initiative that will better public rubber," said Petrow, "and it is being implemented all around the country thank you to Beak."
"The program continues to expand to boosted Public Condom Answering Points and alarm central stations at a rapid pace," Hobgood said. "It has been personally rewarding each time I learn of some other PSAP or central station that has joined the program. This program really works and I am thankful to exist function of it."
Hobgood was presented with the award at the Electronic Security Expo (ESX) Public Sector dejeuner on Midweek, June 24, at the Baltimore Convention Eye.
Virtually CSAA International: The Central Station Alarm Association International (CSAA) is an internationally-recognized non-turn a profit trade association that represents professional monitoring companies that are listed by a CSAA-approved Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, such as FM Global, Intertek/ETL or UL. CSAA is legally entitled to represent its members before Congress and regulatory agencies on the local, country and federal levels, and other authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) over the industry. Since its incorporation in 1950, CSAA has served its members' interests through education, online training, meetings and conventions, certification, insurance, and industry standards. world wide web.csaaintl.org
Call for Speakers and Presentations:
Deadline Extended to June nineteen
Twin Canton nine-1-1's Tim Webb Named 2014 Telecommunicator of the Year
Tim Webb
Twin County 9-1-one
Outstanding Individual Operation In A Critical Incident (2014)
Tina Vazquez
Virginia Beach Emergency Communications and Citizens Services
Outstanding Team Performance In A Disquisitional Incident (2014)
Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle County ECC
Jan Farruggio, Celeste Baldino, Christine Lightner, Margie Bamford, Joe Orsolini, Denise Zambrotta and Doug Henley
Nicholas Stepaniak Communications Trainer of the Year (2014)
Dyan McDermott
City of Norfolk ix-i-1
Line Supervisor of the Yr (2014)
South. Garry Thompson
Virginia State Police Partitioning vi
Communications Center Director of the Yr (2014)
Derrick Ruble
Tazewell County ix-i-1
Information Technologist/Radio Frequency Technologist Of The Yr (2014)
Gerald Smith
Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle County ECC
Virginia Chapter of APCO Issues Apr 2015 Newsletter
VA APCO Apr 2015 Newsletter
4/12/2015 Virginia Public-Safety Telecommunicator Calendar week
WHEREAS, the availability of nine-1-i assistance is integral to the peace of listen of each individual and the security of all communities; and
WHEREAS, hundreds of defended telecommunicators daily serve the citizens of Virginia by answering their requests for police force enforcement, fire and emergency medical services by dispatching the appropriate assistance every bit quickly as possible; and
WHEREAS, the professional person public safe telecommunicator is the vital link between the citizen or victim and the public safety provider; and
WHEREAS, the dedicated public safety telecommunicators throughout Virginia handle over four one thousand thousand calls to 9-1-1 each year; and
WHEREAS, it is important for the public to be aware of the responsibleness to properly use 9-1-1 services by calling only when lives or property are in peril thus increasing the efficiency of the organization and improving the chances that lives will be saved;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Terence R. McAuliffe, practice hereby recognize Apr 12-18, 2015, as VIRGINIA PUBLIC-Safety TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.
Public Prophylactic Telecommunications Awards Plan
Each year, we receive many outstanding nominations in each category. The program is successful because others took the time to nominate those outstanding telecommunicators. Please take the fourth dimension this yr to submit a nomination for an individual or team you believe to be worthy. For Nomination Forms and additional information, visit Telecommunicator Awards Programme.
Call for Presentations - 2015 Virginia NENA/APCO Spring Briefing
Source: https://www.virginia-apco.org/newarchives.html
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