November 2003
PRESIDENT'S LETTER
Hello Everyone!
There are some exciting things happening in our chapter that I want to tell you about.
First, our Web Site is up and running and looks wonderful. Gina Bowman and her
husband did a terrific job designing the pages and keeping the information updated. Gina thanks so much for your hard
work.
Secondly, as a chapter we want to sponser some quarterly training for Telecommunicators.
We will choose a central location for the training and make it very cost effective to attend. Please let me know what
topics or areas of training you would like to have presented and we will work on bringing those sessions to you. So
watch the web site as we will post the information on the training page.
Thirdly, State EMA has written a proposal and if approved, will allow for the training
of fourteen (14) instructors and twenty (20) telecommunicators statewide. The plan is based on a seven (7) region area
with two (2) instructors from each region and then twenty (20) telecommunicators statewide. That means a total of 34
people would receive training via State EMA. I will let you know more as we learn more.
Fourthly, the National Terrorism Prepardness Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida has
asked to do a "LIVE" broadcast during our APCO State Conference using our APCO attendees as the audience. The program
is called "March Live Response". It would be a panel discussion using Federal, State and Local representation, as well
as a 911 operator/dispatcher. The topics discussed would be along these lines:
1. Manage and coordinate a large scale incident while maintaining
routine
operation (i.e., 911).
2. Recognize the possiblity of WMD incident occurence
through calls for
service, dispatch patterns and signs
and symptoms.
They just participated in the NIJ Conference in St. Louis, Missouri using the same program
format. I think this will be a great opportunity for our chapter and look forward to the presentation. It will
be presented during one of our session times. If you would like to view the September program, visit their web site
at: http://terrorism.spcollege.edu Archives-September. Make plans now to attend the conference March 22-25, 2004 at the Beachside
Resort in Gulf Shores, AL.
A special thanks to all you Regional Respresenatives for all your hard work and the contacts
you are making in your areas. It is much appreciated.
Don't forget the chapter meeting November 18th at 10:00 in Clanton. See the link
on the web site for more details.
God Bless You Richly,
Jo Tranter, President
