National NENA Scholarship Recipients

The results are in from the voting.  Scholarship winners for 2018 are:

Jana Hamm, Blount County

Emily Little, Autauga County

Shanika Evans, Conecuh County

Becky Nugent, Clarke County

Congratulations And see you in Nashville Tn.

Gulf Coast Conference 2018

SAVE THE DATES!!

28th Annual 

Gulf Coast 9-1-1
Conference

October 14-17, 2018

​Perdido Beach Resort

Orange Beach, Alabama

Hosted By The

ALABAMA CHAPTER OF NENA

​NATIONAL EMERGENCY NUMBER ASSOCIATION 

CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN
USE THIS LINK
https://www.team911.com/default.asp?page=GulfCoastConf2018CFP

Alabama NENA - 2nd Quarter Meeting - April 19th, 2018 - & Upcoming Events

The AL-NENA 2nd quarter meeting will be Thursday, April 19th, 2018 at 10:00 am.

Site for ALNENA Quarterly meeting: 

Our next NENA quarterly meeting will be in Orange Beach. We set this up to coincide with the GIS conference.

The membership meeting will be held on Thursday April 19th at 10:00AM. 
This meeting will be held at The Wharf Center in the room where the GIS concludes. Lunch will be served at the end of the meeting.

The Executive Committee will meet on Wednesday April 18th at 3:00PM. 
This meeting will be held at the Spring Hill Suites. The hotel is right next door to The Wharf Center and we will meet in their Executive Board meeting room.

***UPCOMING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES***

Alabama 9-1-1 Board Training Portal Enrollment Opens

Great News ! ! ! Enrollment in the Alabama 9-1-1 Board online Telecommunicator Training Program has opened. The Program is provided by the Alabama 9-1-1 Board at no cost to the ECDs!

Red E. Fox Costume

Red E. Fox costume was created as way to teach children how to save lives and property through the proper use of 9-1-1,  Red. E. Fox was created as a 9-1-1 Public Safety icon in the tradition of Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog.  Red E. Fox has been the official 9-1-1 mascot since 1994.

If you would like to borrow the costume for educational purposes, contact one of the agencies below:  

Job Announcements

Hamilton County 9-1-1
Emergency Communications District
Chattanooga, TN 37406

We’re holding an Assessment Center for several promotional positions we have open and are seeking qualified personnel to serve as assessors.

It’s a good opportunity to earn some vacation money before summer.

Please see the attached information for details.  If you know of other agencies or qualified individuals not included on this email please share.

And the Winners Are:

The winners of the 2017 Annual Alabama Chapter of National Emergency Number Association Awards Program are:

LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Angela Cook, Birmingham 9-1-1

 

TELECOMMUNICATIOR OF THE YEAR:
Elizabeth Smith, Limestone County

 

ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT AWARD:
Paige Crouch, Limestone County

Text to 9-1-1

Attached are copies of a sample request letter for Text to 9-1-1 services and the contact information for the four Tier 1 wireless carriers that Districts will need to use to request Text to 9-1-1 service.  

Lee Moore (lee.moore@911consult.com) provided the generic letter and contact information of the carriers.  Ray Preston (ray.preston@att.com) provided the letter to AT&T.  

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