9-1-1 SAVES Act – APCO International

APCO Welcomes Reintroduction of Senate Bill to Reclassify Public Safety Telecommunicators and Improve Emergency Communications

rileyc — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:22:26 +0000

On February 25, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) reintroduced the Enhancing First Response Act, a bipartisan, zero-cost bill that would fix the federal classification of 9-1-1 professionals, improve the information shared during 9-1-1 outages and examine enhancements for 9-1-1 calls made from multi-line telephone systems

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Reclassification Update: U.S. House of Representatives Reintroduces Original 9-1-1 SAVES Act

rileyc — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:18:50 +0000

Earlier this month, Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), joined by several cosponsors, reintroduced the 9-1-1 SAVES Act (H.R. 637), correcting an amended version of the legislation that was introduced earlier this year.

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U.S. House of Representatives Reintroduces the 9-1-1 SAVES Act

rileyc — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:59:09 +0000

On January 16, Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced the 9-1-1 SAVES Act in a step toward correcting the classification of public safety telecommunicators in the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC).

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Standing Up, Standing Behind the 9-1-1 SAVES Act

Lauren Larson — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:51:53 +0000

My fellow Atlantic Chapter of APCO member Tim Cunningham and I were honored to have been invited to literally stand behind Rep. Norma J. Torres (CA-D-34) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-R-1) along with other members of the 9-1-1 community as they gave their remarks during the introduction ceremony for H.R. 6319 9-1-1 SAVES Act.

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