Dispatchers. We listen to their voices on every call, but we are only hearing them read what is on their computer screens, not what is on their minds. We receive the location, type of emergency, and ...
One of the primary duties of a communications center is to dispatch units to emergencies. Requests for service are typically reported through 9-1-1, conventional telephones, automatic alarms, and pull ...
As most of us know, more than half (55 percent) of all 911 calls responded to by the American fire service involve a medical emergency; less than 10 percent involve actual fire. Over the last 10 years ...