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National Joint TERT Initiative Releases Best Practices Website

January 30, 2007, Washington, DC - The National Joint TERT Initiative (NJTI) has developed a website that includes step-by-step instructions on how to develop a Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) program in your state. The NJTI website also includes sample forms, and up-to-date information on key contacts, including state coordinators. The NJTI is a joint effort of the Association of Public-Safety Communications O fficials (APCO) International and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) dedicated to the development of a nationally recognized certification program for telecommunicator mutual aid response in the aftermath of disasters, providing information as to operational deployment of Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) programs and taking a leadership role in assisting governmental agencies in the development of TERT style programs at the regional, state and local levels. TERT involves a comprehensive program that includes assistance to individual states in developing programs that would lead to the establishment of predetermined and selected trained teams of individuals who can be mobilized quickly and deployed to assist communications centers during disasters. The NJTI website is located at http://www.njti-tert.org/. About APCO International The Association of Public-Safety Communicat ions O fficials (APCO) International is the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to the enhancement of public safety communications. APCO International serves the professional needs of its 15,000 members worldwide by creating a platform for setting professional standards, addressing professional issues and providing education, products and services for people who manage, operate, maintain and supply the communications systems used by police, fire and emergency medical dispatch agencies throughout the world. For more information, visit www.apcointl.org. ###