by Cherie Bartram | Feb 10, 2026 | Equature 911 Blog
Is It True? As our kids grew up over the years, we often played two truths and a lie. We sometimes switched it up and played it differently but it always made me laugh, a bit uneasily sometimes at the outrageous things the kids would say that I thought was a lie,...
by Equature Press | Feb 3, 2026 | Equature 911 Blog
When the Power Goes Out: What Dispatchers Can Expect — and How the Work Changes For many dispatchers, the first citywide power outage they work does not feel dramatic at the start. It begins with something small. A call that does not route the way it usually does. A...
by Equature Press | Jan 20, 2026 | Equature 911 Blog
Anyone who has spent time on a console knows that broader changes in society tend to show up in the call stream long before they appear in reports or headlines. Dispatchers hear those shifts firsthand. Different languages. Different relationships to authority....
by Cherie Bartram | Jan 13, 2026 | Equature 911 Blog
When someone dials a non-emergency line at their local Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), they might soon hear something unexpected: an artificial intelligence (AI) system on the other end of the line. This technological shift is already happening in dispatch...
by Cherie Bartram | Dec 16, 2025 | Equature 911 Blog
Trauma. If you are in EMS, you may associate trauma with traumatic injury, which is a physical injury that occurs suddenly and must be assessed by knowing the mechanism of the injury or what caused it. However, the word “trauma” refers to the emotional...
by Equature Press | Nov 11, 2025 | Equature 911 Blog
Now featuring machines that might be smarter than Carl from night shift—maybe. Meet Your New Robot Coworker Remember when 911 centers ran on coffee, duct tape, and pure adrenaline? Well, welcome to the future—where Artificial Intelligence has elbowed its way into...
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