New: dispatchingAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959steemhive-180932hive-166405photographyhive-185836uncommonlabhive-150122hive-183397hive-144064bitcoinlifehive-188619krsuccesshive-124908hive-139150hive-101145hive-103599hive-184714hive-145157hive-109690TrendingNewHotLikersmarkrhunter (62)in firefighting • 8 months agoOld Firefighters Never Die: They Just SmolderSo, I'm retiring. Not from my full time job of dispatching to become a Gentleman Author, as I wanted. (It's like a Gentleman Farmer, a rich person who just farms as a hobby. No real farmer is a…markrhunter (62)in dispatching • 2 years agoSay happy National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week three times fastI've been taking 911 calls for so long that they were originally 91 calls. Well, it seems that way. It turns out National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week predates my full-time employment in…markrhunter (62)in stress • 2 years agoStressing Out Over PTSDOne stressful thing about being a dispatcher is that when the phone rings it could be anything. Many of us play Dispatch Bingo. A UFO report? A herd of cattle blocking the roadway? Lunch…markrhunter (62)in jobs • 2 years agoCounty Annex Building Went Up, So We Moved InAs a firefighter, I studied building construction a lot. Sadly, this gave me no skills in actually building a structure, although I can tell you why a lot of them fall down. So when they started…markrhunter (62)in festival • 2 years agoIt's Festival TimeAnd ... I missed most of it. Which I really don't mind, because I'm not much of a fair ride rider. I am a fair food foodie, but my wife and three doctors held me down and beat me with broccoli…markrhunter (62)in dispatching • 3 years ago911 Is Still the Number For 911We're getting a new radio system in our dispatch center, and the guy training us on it claims we could use it at home, on a laptop. This is a great idea in theory: It would save me gas, and…markrhunter (62)in dispatching • 3 years ago30 Years In the HeadphonesHey, I almost forgot: December 13th marked my thirtieth anniversary working in Noble County Government! It's complicated, because I spent the first few years working in the Noble County Jail…markrhunter (62)in emergency • 4 years agoDispatchers Do It By PhoneEvery five years I do nothing to honor National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, so I'm reprinting this from 2017. Hah! No, I'm not taking the week off, I'm just working on a novel, instead.…markrhunter (62)in nineoneone • 5 years agoYesterday I Couldn't Spell Emergency Telecommunicator; Today I Are OneNational Emergency Telecommunicators Week is this week. It's a tough time for emergency services this year, so I figured I should write something original, to talk about the times we live in. But…markrhunter (62)in nineoneone • 5 years agoOld Dipatchers Never Retire ... Well, One DidI read once that the average 911 dispatcher works in the field for about seven years before calling it quits. My (now former) boss worked in the field for 35 years. He's one of the few who actually…markrhunter (62)in dispatching • 6 years agoType Your Fingers to the Bone and What Do You Get? 911 Fingers.This is Public Safety Telecommunicator Week, and it turns out I'm a PST! And here you thought PST was one of those diseases they advertise pills for on late night TV. My full time job is as a…sanjoy8 (25)in dispatching • 6 years agoWhat is dispatchingEfficiency and programs of any organisation greatly depend on speedy dispatching of it .Every business organisation receives numerous letters everyday and implements the act of dispatching litters…markrhunter (62)in dispatching • 7 years ago911 Dispatcher of the year ... hey, I know her!In 1981, California declared the first Public Safety Telecommunications Week, so you can't say nothing good ever comes out of California. Around here we call ourselves dispatchers, or sometimes…markrhunter (62)in introduction • 8 years agoIntroduction postHi ... I'm me! I was told I should do an introductory post, which seems like a reasonable idea. I live with my wife Emily in rural northeast Indiana, with our dog Baewulf (her choice of spelling)…jimmco (60)in rust-series • 8 years agoRust lang series episode #17 — dispatching (#rust-series)Hello everyone, new episode of rust series is here, today we will discuss dispatching. Dispatching in Rust is a mechanism to determine which polymorph code to run. This can sound strange…