#fire dispatch

[peaceandstarlight]

Caller advises that she threw her cigarette out onto some gas cans that she didn't realize were there.

Bedford's winner of the night

[tutus-and-tulips]

worked fire radio today

caller- it's a small fire. not even a foot. people here are trying to stomp it out. me thinking to myself- okay I can handle this caller- okay now it's like 50feet with flames in a wooded area behind a business me- FUCK next call... caller-there's been an accident... me thinking to myself- okay I can handle this caller- a vehicle flipped into the ditch... me to myself- okay I can still handle this caller- and the vehicle is on fire.... me to myself- okay I got this caller- and people are trapped inside.... me- FUCK

[tutus-and-tulips]

OH MY GOD

my fire units are killing me today! 😩😡😠

[ok-7]

LA County Dispatch

Incoming fire call

"Here you go, Sam."

"See ya! I'm going on break."

*sigh*

This footage is replayed a few times in Season 6, so it always looks like Sam Lanier's coworker goes on break every time a call comes in.

In all seriousness, though. Can anyone explain how this works? Are they looking up address and corresponding station info? 

Source: Emergency! "Family Ties"

[thefinalwordinthefinalsentence]

Fire dispatch is going to be the death of me. On a brighter note, there isn’t any melatonin in my system to drag me down tonight. Whew!

[ok-7]

One of the things I like about the Emergency episode "Equipment" is that we get to see the LA County Fire Department Headquarters, including the dispatch center and dispatcher Sam Lanier.

This episode was directed by Kevin Tighe. I wonder if it was Kevin's idea to include these scenes? It's much more interesting than a shot of the station's speaker when they get a call from Dispatch.

Sam Lanier was the voice of the LA County Fire Department dispatch on Emergency, but I think this is the first episode where we get to see him. Correction: We first see him in "Stewardess," the first episode of Season 5.

Sam was a real-life dispatcher for LA County. According to an article reprinted on emergencyfans.com,  Sam worked as a dispatcher from 1958 to 1977. He later worked as a Fire Safety Adviser to film production companies in the Los Angeles area, until his sudden death in 1997.