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Tag: 911
This isn’t an emergency, but …
I’ve been feeling a little old lately, and it might have to do with the fact that I’ll soon hit my 28th anniversary as a 911 dispatcher. Doesn’t seem possible, does it? I mean, I […]
Say happy National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week three times fast
I’ve been taking 911 calls for so long that they were originally 91 calls. Well, it seems that way, anyway. It turns out National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week predates my employment in the emergency services […]
The Dog Ate My Homework
Here in dispatch we got all sorts of goodies this year in honor of Public Safety Telecommunications Week, much of it in the form of food from various appreciative members of the public. I especially […]
Making the Holidays More Holiday-ish
Just a little fun from last year … or was it the year before? All these holidays tend to blur together … I always feel a little disjointed when the holidays arrive. I’m never ready […]
Dispatchers Do It By Phone
In 1991, after an unfortunate encounter with a teething baby, a Congressman from Delaware became the very first person to yell, “What’s the number for 911?” Okay, I was kidding about the baby: He just […]