Re: 911:: Digest Number 93

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In a message dated 4/10/00 12:24:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

911consoleegroups writes:

<< I would compare it to a day at the Amusement Park

>>

Sara, I think you did a wonderful job with explaining how our lives as

dispatchers go. Just emphasize to them that the emotions that you explained

in there, we have every time we are in there. Each call can hit us with a

different emotion. An example being a call I had tonight. I received a call

from a woman about shots fired. Instant fear that someone was hurt. As I

was getting more information from her she stated that there were troopers

down the road. I knew that none of my guys were anywhere near her place.

Looking at her address, I realized that she is on the border of a neighboring

township. So I looked up in the county cad system just what that township

was up to. They were on a deer struck but still alive call. They had to put

the deer down. Hence, the shots fired. My end was a hugh sigh of relief.

That was one fast roller coaster ride for me. But I love my job and so much

so that I work full time at police dispatch and part time at a small center

for fire, police and ambulance plus I am an EMT with the ambulance squad.

Am I a glutton for punishment or what?

Happy Telecommunicators Week to all! You really are the best.

Boy28166@...