Called Into the 21st Century
I got my first cell phone in late 2001, for use in emergencies. It’s capabilities: making phone calls. But oh, how times changed, as what happened just five years later shows. I just wanted to […]
Tag: communications
Is 911 Still the Number for 911?
We got a new radio system in our dispatch center, and the guy training us on it claimed we could use it at home, on a laptop. This is a great idea in theory: It […]
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 […]