Sami Pohl and Erica Snyder, dispatchers with the City of Loveland Emergency Communications Center in Loveland, Colorado, discuss their podcast How to: 911, which they use to answer common questions and misconceptions held by the public about emergency services.
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When she saw a help-wanted advertisement for dispatchers, Tammie Harrington didn’t know she was applying for the job that would become a 20-year career.
“For me, it was just a stroke of luck,” Harrington said Tuesday. At the time, Harrington was a stay-at-home mother looking for work.
“I saw the ad in the paper,” she said. “I’d probably been here six months when I realized this was the job for me.”
She realized she had “a knack for helping people,” she said…
The City of Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 11-17, as part of National 9-1-1 Education Month to honor the outstanding contributions of the City’s 9-1-1 workforce and other essential personnel. Join OEMC this week to applaud the extraordinary dedication of our 9-1-1 workforce and the challenging jobs they carry out every day to protect Chicago’s residents and first responders…
“Whether callers need fire, police or medical emergency personnel when dialing 911, our well-trained and highly skilled dispatchers must be prepared for any type of emergency call to gather vital information, instruct the appropriate agency to respond and calmly and compassionately interact and provide instructions to victims at the scene…
The Cheyenne County Board also approved changes to the Emergency Communications Center bylaws, and the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement. Emergency Communications Director Heidi Gillespie said the interlocal agreement will be adjusted as of July 1, reflecting the percent each agency serviced pays. Gillespie said the changes to the agreement include adding the Deuel County Sheriff to a voting member of the communications board. Previously, the Deuel County Sheriff served as an ex-oficio member of the board. She also said there will be adjustments in the fee schedule. Deuel County will include slightly while Cheyenne County and Sidney will decrease…
