Emergency Dispatcher
Current- Take telephone calls and listen carefully to the caller
- Attempt to comprehend the nature of emergency by listening and making mental calculations
- Ask questions to determine location of emergency and type of emergency services needed
- Contact required emergency service such as fire department or the police and provide them with emergency information
- Receive non emergency calls such as that from alarms and make outbound calls to home owners to gauge situations
- Operate a variety of communication equipment such as radio consoles and computer systems