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With not enough standardization — you get chaos and inter-operability crises.  With too much standardization you stifle innovation and economic growth.  The global standards system sets a platform where all stakeholders can simultaneously collaborate and compete.   On many issues of public concern, it must compete with government but it can also collaborate in public-private partnerships  — particularly on the matter of public safety.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional association with its corporate office in New York City and its operations center in Piscataway, New Jersey. It was formed in 1963 from the amalgamation of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers. Today, it is the world’s largest association of technical professionals with more than 420,000 members in over 160 countries around the world. Its objectives are the educational and technical advancement of electrical and electronic engineering, telecommunications, computer engineering and allied disciplines.

The training of public safety functionaries in educational settings is much in the news lately.  APCO International is an ANSI accredited standards developer of a suite of standards that should interest business units in the US education industry responsible for campus safety.   APCO has released two standards for public review:

Candidate ANS 1.115.1-201X Core Competencies, Operational Factors and Training for Next Generation Technologies in Public Safety Communications

(New standard) Topics include: Processing, dispatch, and utilization of multimedia systems; Operational factors, including but not limited to: increased work load and multi-tasking, security requirements, impact of evolving voice and data networks; Conceptual understanding of NG systems, emergency services networks, and IP networks; Impacts of stress when handling graphic media; Utilization of non-traditional resources, i.e., third party call centers, telematics, etc.

Candidate ANS APCO 3.108.2-201x Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Instructor

This is a revision of the standard that identifies the core competencies and minimum training requirements of the individual who is generally tasked with delivery of training within the communications center. The purpose of this standard is to provide a consistent foundation for the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to fulfill this critical function. This standard recognizes the standard with agency-specific information.

Comments are due May 7th.   You may obtain an electronic copy from standards@apcointl.org or from Crystal McDuffie, (386) 322-2500, mcduffiec@apcointl.org.   You may send comments to standards@apcointl.org (with a copy to psa@ansi.org).

The landing page for APCO standards development is linked below:

Standards Call to Action

All campus safety standards are on the standing agenda of our Open Door teleconference — every Wednesday, 11 AM Eastern time — to which everyone is welcomed.  Login information is available in the link below:

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Issue: [18-87 & 18-88]

Category: Public Safety, Risk Management, Informatics

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