Habersham County’s E-911 has achieved renewed national certification and will be presented with the award this summer in Florida.
The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International sent the notification letter on Jan. 29 recognizing the county's training curriculum.
“The certification must be renewed every four years,” said Habersham County E-911/Emergency Management Agency Director Lynn Smith. “A lot of work goes into this to meet national standards – policies, procedures, testing, and so forth. Not only is it put on paper for the certification, but we apply it each time we hire a new employee. It is constantly changing to make it work better. The work is uploaded along with the application. Once APCO receives the application, it goes before a review board who goes through each section to make sure all criteria are met. APCO will give you one opportunity to fix any discrepancies they find during the review process. I am happy to say that we did not have any revisions and were approved on the first submission. The official award will be presented at the national conference, where someone from our organization will go on stage and receive it.”
Smith commended Assistant Director Melanie Bellinger and Records Manager Beth Alewine for their hard work as well as all the employees who apply the curriculum during the training process.
APCO International is the world’s largest and oldest organization of public safety communications professionals, with membership over 40,000.
APCO’s 90th Annual Conference & Expo will be held in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 4-7.
