#dispatching

[jlandersen01]

I feel like Teen!Gojo and Teen!Geto would have LOVED Rindo and get into so much shenanigans!

[ozma914]

My Farewell Letter to Dispatch

 I doubt many people take a job with the plan of staying on until retirement. I didn't; I was going to be a firefighter who wrote books on his off days. But about 34 years ago I went to work at the Noble County Jail, and a few years later moved to dispatch, and I've been there ever since. We're now in a different building, calling ourselves Noble County Communications, but at its heart the job remains the same.

 Nobody does anything for 34 years, anymore. Is it any wonder that, despite how burned out I became toward the end, I'm still leaving with mixed feelings?

As time went on I saw a lot of other people come and go. I became unhappy there--partially because I wasn't writing books, partially because it can tear your heart out. But I'm going to miss the people. Not the ones on the other end of the phone line, necessarily, but the ones I worked with.

When you spend a third of your life with the same people, they become a family. Of course, sometimes families get dysfunctional! But we are a family, and I'll miss them. Maybe I'll come and just hang out in dispatch. Probably not; at least, not until I get myself off the stress, depression, and blood pressure medications.

I won't miss some of the technology, most of which didn't exist when I started. We had one computer, with a little green screen (remember DOS?) that we used to run license plates and driver's licenses. Paging a fire department or ambulances involved pushing actual buttons. Every new call to be dispatched was written out on a half-sized sheet of paper called a green sheet, which was--green. Traffic stops didn't get written down at all.

At the end I was sitting at a console with seven monitors, one main keyboard, and three mice. On an average night we have 8-9 browser tabs up (texting, recorder, EMS map, and so on), the phone board, the radio board with its 27 channels on five tabs, and, of course, the Computer Aided Dispatch program.

 The CAD program was by (Redacted Company Name). I hate (RCN). We've never had an easy to use CAD, but (RCN) was deliberately made to be as non-intuitive as possible. I'm convinced of that. I was always running into trouble by trying to do things in a way that made sense. There are always five more steps than should be necessary. At first I thought this was all stuff (RCN) was working on fixing, but I came to realize their programmers are actually having fun. Maybe playing a drinking game: "Take a shot whenever anyone curses at the system!" Bunch of alcoholics.

Anyway, for every bad time it seems like there was a good, all because of dark humor and mutual support. We, the often overwhelmed dispatchers, should always remember that we do a lot of good. We save lives, and send help, and that ain't too shabby. Thank you for everyone who's put in the effort over the years.

We really need to seek out more mental health care, though.

My current shift partners

Of course, this means I now write full time, so look us up here:

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Remember: Reading is always preferable to calling 911 unless, of course, there’s an actual emergency.

[anglicismes-francais-docnl]

Le dispatching 👎

La répartition, la distribution, la ventilation 👍

L'anglicisme dispatching peut facilement être remplacé par répartition, distribution, ventilation.

Exemples :

un centre de dispatching → un centre de distribution / le dispatching des produits → la répartition des produits / la réception, le traitement et le dispatching du courrier ; la réception, le traitement et la ventilation du courrier

👉 Pinterest : la répartition, la distribution, la ventilation / le dispatching

25-10-2021

[justabirdy]

I’ve always wanted to hunt for food! I think it’s really wonderful and respectable. But (and I’m sorry if this is too macabre, please feel free to ignore this note if so) how do you learn to kill? I can’t stand the thought of causing an animal undue pain by my own sloppy hunting skills 😢

TW animal death

You can learn the motions and methods of dispatching animals, but the hardest part for many people is the mental or philosophical barriers to the practice. To overcome these barriers, a person must understand their own motives, the natural cycles of life in nature,, and the animal with which they are going to hunt.

Taking the life of an animal is a serious matter and anyone committing to do it ahould have a respect for the life they take. I know it sounds cliche, but it's how I was taught and that is a very human mindset to have.

The simple fact is that nature does not worry itself with the loss of life, nor does it hold back or hesitate. Animals will kill other animals for food, and that is simply part of the cycle of life.

When I hunt or fish, I am actively participating in that cycle. But I'm also human and with that comes my personal responsibility to be humane about how I participate. I take the time to learn and understand the biology of what I hunt and how best to dispatch it in a way that ends its life quickly and with the minimum of pain.

Nature doesn't worry about things like humane practices, but I do, and it's a burden I bear out of respect for the animal. If I don't need it, I don't hunt it, and if I do need it, I hunt in a way that honors its life, it's death, and it's role in sustaining me and others.

[ohsugarfoot]

I assigned a removal to a crew who doesn't mind doing them.

Once is jumping around in the background excitedly. The other one was asking for a train removal because it's on their bucket list. They then both joked about what they should/shouldn't eat for dinner after.

This is the oddness I deal with on a daily basis and it's pretty cool.

[jtemtsocialmediadude]

When Should I Call 911 ? American Police Hall Museum

‪Today we visited American Police Hall of Fame & Museum Titusville, Florida‬

‪When should I call 911 ? #APHF #APHFM #Police #fire #Ambulance #911 #EMS #sherriff ‬

[thelonelyrainbowguy]

*Coworker D comes through the door half an hour early*

Coworker K: You give us false hope when you come in this early. Thanks for bursting our bubble.

Coworker D: You’re welcome. That’s what I do. Bringing the harsh reality of truth to your eyes.