911 and Dispatch
List ranks occupations by level of stress, driving home the importance of hiring responders who can remain calm during high-stress situations
As much as you would like it, you can’t expect to be everyone’s hero. The trauma a victim is experiencing is theirs to handle, not your burden to assume
Today – and every day – we thank you for your continued dedication, commitment and sacrifice
These conversations are the ones a 911 operator wants to have with officers and citizens alike
A group of cities in California are moving to implement “Next-Generation 9-1-1" systems
Having spent time on both sides of the dispatch center, I’d like to make just a few suggestions for making life easier – and safer – for each other
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