Minimum Qualifications
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
Licenses and Certifications Required:
Notes to Applicants
This is a Police Dispatcher Trainee position only, expected start date April 2021 Employees will be in training status for 15-17 weeks…
The City of Collinsville is accepting applications for a full-time position of 911 Telecommunicator. This is a full-time, union, hourly position that reports to the Civilian Support Services Supervisor, or the Sergeant on Duty.
This position is responsible for maintaining liaison between police officers and the department, police officers and the public, the public, and other emergency personnel. Duties include but are not limited to monitoring, communicating, and recording radioactivity of field units, conducting periodic safety checks to recognize situations when assistance is necessary, providing assistance according to department policy and procedure; answering 911 and non-emergency calls, including fire and EMS calls, screening information, prioritizing call and forwarding appropriate information to the proper authority…
Two Howard County police officers and a 911 dispatcher are credited with saving a man’s life after he collapsed on tennis courts in Columbia last month. A 911 caller advised that a man playing pickleball collapsed and was unconscious. Dispatcher Joanna Blankenship gave instructions for the caller to begin CPR. Within minutes, Cpl. Kyu Lee and PO Stephen Schillinberg arrived on scene, determined the man was in cardiac arrest, and took over performing CPR. Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services paramedics then arrived to continue life-saving measures and transport the man to the hospital, where he was awake and talking. Doctors credited Dispatcher Blankenship (not pictured), Cpl. Lee and PO Schillinberg for their initial response, which likely saved the man’s life…
EASTHAM — Firefighters get trucks and hoses; police officers, cuffs; EMTs, those screaming sirens. But 911 dispatchers? To them goes little glitz, little drama, still less recognition. The job may sound like a telephone operator’s, nothing more.
But as Head Dispatcher Julie Austin retires, she takes with her an encyclopedic knowledge of Eastham’s geography and its quirks, a rare knack for keeping a cool head in a crisis, and 32 years of experience serving — and saving — the Eastham community…
As COVID-19 once again begins to surge across the United States, those in emergency management, public health and public safety need to take a critical look at what’s been working during the pandemic, and what has to change to ensure the safety of citizens.
Throughout the pandemic, we’ve learned that there are some things that are non-negotiable when it comes to emergency communications – and those best practices must carry over into all emergency communications, not just those related to the pandemic…
