Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 31 - Public Safety
Part 601 - BOARD OF EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS AND TRAINING PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL
Chapter 7 - Standards of Training and Certification
Rule 31-601-7.3 - Procedures
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 31-601-7.3
Current through September 24, 2024
1. This section establishes procedures governing the standards to be used for Telecommunicators/Dispatchers.
A. Minimum
Standards of Training and Certification for Law Enforcement
Telecommunicators/Dispatchers.
1. Current
certification by APCO Institute 40-Hour Telecommunicator Training Program or
NECI Basic Emergency Communication Officer 40-Hour Training Program, or IAED
40-Hour Emergency Telecommunicator Course.
2. Current certification by a TCPR (online)
vendor that shall follow evidence-based nationally recognized guidelines.
Note: This does not qualify the participant as an EMS telecommunicator or as a certified Mississippi Justice Information Center (MJIC) terminal operator.
B. Minimum Standards of Training and
Certification for Fire Service Telecommunicators/Dispatchers.
1. Current certification by APCO Institute
40-Hour Telecommunicator Training Program or NECI Basic Emergency Communication
Officer 40-Hour Training Program, or IAED 40-Hour Emergency Telecommunicator
Course.
2. Current certification by
a TCPR (online) vendor that shall follow evidence-based nationally recognized
guidelines.
Note: This does not qualify the participant as an EMS telecommunicator or as a certified Mississippi Justice Information Center (MJIC) terminal operator.
C. Minimum Standards of Training and
Certification for EMS Telecommunicators.
1.
Successful completion of the International Academies of Emergency Medical
Dispatch; APCO Institute of Emergency Medical Dispatch; or National Emergency
Communications Institute - Emergency Medical Communications Officer training
course.
2. Successful completion of
the 40-Hour Basic APCO, NECI, or IAED course.
3. Current certification in CPR by the
American Heart Association or the American Red Cross or an equivalent
nationally recognized organization.
4. Current certification by a TCPR (online)
vendor that shall follow evidence-based nationally recognized guidelines.
Note: These methods of certification for an EMS telecommunicator do not qualify the participant as a certified Mississippi Justice Information Center (MJIC) terminal operator.
D. Mississippi Emergency
Telecommunicator Training Program - Curriculum development is only one portion
of a comprehensive emergency telecommunicator training program. Other topics of
a comprehensive training program include:
1.
Purpose of the training program
2.
Objective of the training program
3. Description of the occupant
4. Competency of the MS Emergency
Telecommunicator
5. Operational
policies
6. Curriculum
description
7. Course
design
8. Planning
Considerations
9. Class
size
10. Students
11. Faculty
12. Program Director
13. Instructional Faculty
14. Class Schedule
15. Classroom
16. Didactic instruction
17. Lab (psychomotor skills
demonstration)
18. Cost
19. References
20. Instructor's lesson plan
21. Testing and evaluating methods
22. Certification
23. Student records and
identification
Miss Code Ann. § 19-5-353
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