by Cherie Bartram | Jul 9, 2024 | Dispatch Improvement, Equature 911 Blog, NG9-1-1
Summer is my favorite season. I love waking each morning to the orange hazy sun peeking over the horizon and the birds singing their summer songs. I enjoy the heat of each day, when the sun turns to a brilliant yellow, warming your (sunscreen-covered) skin, and...
by Cherie Bartram | Jun 11, 2024 | Equature 911 Blog
Disasters can take many forms, both man-made and natural occurrences. Weather-related disasters such as hurricanes can be predicted but not deterred. The earliest recorded devastation wrought by a hurricane occurred in 1935 courtesy of the Labor Day category 5...
by Cherie Bartram | May 14, 2024 | Equature 911 Blog
Shift work, it goes in partnership with public safety work schedules. There is no way to avoid it, the safety of our citizens requires someone will always be there to answer 9-1-1 and someone will always respond to the emergency 24×7, 365 days a year. It’s on...
by Cherie Bartram | Apr 9, 2024 | Equature 911 Blog
911, what is the address of your emergency? Thousands of people hear this question asked of them every year. Hear, but don’t answer, because their emergency is striking terror into their souls. They scream back at the person who calmly asked them that question. ...
by Cherie Bartram | Feb 13, 2024 | Equature 911 Blog
Remember where you came from! Bring us candy! Those were the two pieces of advice I received from my former peers when I was promoted up through the ranks to my first supervisor position in the PSAP. I remember laughing at them and vowing that of course, I would...
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