Dispatch as a Career

This is something I did while working at the Kissimmee Police Department as a Police and Fire dispatcher. Awesome job, Awesome department.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Police
• Fire
• Dispatch
• Emergency
• EMS

[shellfire18]

Sorry don't get it. As a dispatcher for 18 years didn't get to see any of what video showed. As a communications officer/dispatcher you speak to the person in distress, send out the appliances then talk to the crews as they attend till when they leave. The rest is up to my imagination! Considering your trying to show what happens in Comms maybe some of the people behind the radio, phones etc would be more usefull though never as great to look at - sorry.

[GadgetGirlProduction]

I did it like this to appeal to a young audience. Understaffing is an issue at many dispatch centers. This video was used at job fairs and people stopped to talk to us when they might have simply passed our booth by without the video. It was created to stimulate an interest in a rewarding career path that many aren't aware of, or never consider. That was the goal of the video.

[andrewsmith07]

I am an EMT-B and I have been looking for a dispatching job, but all of the ones that I find say that they want people with experience and I have never been a dispatcher before. Will they hire me if I dont have any experience? Will they train me?

[GadgetGirlProduction]

Yes! They will train you! Yes, they will hire you without experience; however, you will have to met certain criteria. Each dispatch center has their own requirements, but the most common are: must be able to type (20-40 wpm is most common), must NOT have a criminal background, must be able to pass a psych test (they want to make sure you are crazy first...hahaha), some departments require you pass a lie detector or voice stress test, etc. Good luck!!!

[buzman1985]

The should show us Answering Calls, talking on the radio, being pissed a citizens, and eating. That is more realistic. And Firefighter is one word.

[GadgetGirlProduction]

Are you a dispatcher?

[buzman1985]

As a Dispatcher I will never be fully appreciated, I will always be underpaid, and I will deal with enough stress in a year to kill the average person. But I would not trade my job for anything. Its all worth it when I can help a stranger and make their 911 call as comforting and as easy as possible. You haven't experienced anything until you can deliver a baby over the phone and hear the child cry for the first time.

[iansweredthecallDO8]

great video!! I started out my career behind the radio & am now out on the streets everyday but have the utmost respect for the guys and gals taking the calls!!! They do truely get to tell us where to go...lol

[macas4]

dispatchers the 1st, 1st responders the unsung heros, I have been dispatching for 8 years have been on the road on the frount line...its great and so true about the opening statment!!

[csdesantis]

Great video, excellent way of showing what we could do on a daily basis.

[doyzee3]

Cool! Thanks For The Info!

[vittles05]

X-ECUTIONERS - with linkin park and static X on guitar. Song title "It's goin Down" awesome song and vid

[sfd1905]

i went up to a dispatch center once. is there anything i need before i become a dispatcher?

[asheryates]

I am a police, fire, and ems dispatcher and this is truely one of the best videos that portrays how it really is. GREAT JOB!!!!

[doyzee3]

I'm Pretty Sure It's Linkin Park, The Beat Sounds Alot Like Another Song Of Theirs.

[Marymarybobeary]

I didn't go thru all the comments (sorry), but was wondering what the song is. It sounded like Mike Shinoda from either Fort Minor or Linkin Park, but I'm not sure.

Please let me know cuz I loved the song AND the vid!

Awesome job!!

[thermoid]

props shellfire