Be a 911 Dispatcher, We Get Cookies
We’re getting a new radio system in our dispatch center, and the guy training us on it claims we could use it at home, on a laptop. This is a great idea in theory: It […]
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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 […]
Before I Couldn’t Spell Emergency Telecommunicator; Today I Are One
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 […]
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 […]