Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 205 is a look back at the last few months of my dispatch career and the calls I took. I recently celebrated my 5 year anniversary of my last day. It’s an episode you don’t want to miss along with a few announcements.
Episode topics –
- Back from vacation
- A look back at the last few months of my dispatch career
- Suicide call – The soon to be ex
- Suicide call – I tried to call you the day you ran your car into a tree
- Medical – Spanish translation
- And more
As always, if you have any comments, questions, or you would like to be a guest on the show, please email me at wttpodcast@gmail.com.
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Within the Trenches Episode 1
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Good evening folks! I am very happy to announce that the first episode of Within the Trenches went live today. My good friend Whitney joined me and I have to say that it went great. For those who don’t know what Within the Trenches is, this is a podcast version of a segment with the same name on Jabber Log that revolves around 9-1-1 dispatch. I started writing about my experience about a year ago and it was meant to be interesting and educational for the readers, as well as therapeutic for myself. The posts have done great on my blog and I wanted to take it a step further by creating a podcast based on the stories of 9-1-1 dispatchers.I recently launched a Kickstarter project for this podcast idea in order to raise $1,500 to buy the equipment needed to make this a four person show. As of right now I have 8 days left in the campaign and $330. This first episode is a taste of what this show is all about and it is my hope that I can still make my goal. I will provide the link below to the Kickstarter page where you can pledge and depending on how much you pledge, you can get a reward as well. Right now the majority of the pledges are going for $25 and that can get you an official Within the Trenches t-shirt, a thank you on the sponsor page and a mention in one of the upcoming episodes of the show. I hope you will enjoy this first episode and there is a lot more to come. Thanks again to Whitney and everyone who has pledged to help bring the project closer to it’s goal.
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Within the Trenches Ep 55
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Within the Trenches is back with episode 55! This is just one of several episodes recorded last week during the Indiana NENA state conference. In this episode I sat down to talk with Rob, Director of Vigo County Central Dispatch and North Central Regional Director of National NENA and Terri, Director of Fayette County Communications, NENA Central Region Vice President and Director of Indiana APCO. We took a trip down memory lane while laughing until our stomachs hurt and our eyes watered and stung. It’s an episode you don’t want to miss so listen and share!For more information on Indiana NENA please follow the links below. As always you can email the show at wttpodcast@gmail.com
Indiana NENA – Web | Facebook | Twitter
Episode topics –
- How Rob started in 9-1-1
- How Terri started in 9-1-1
- NENA awards
- Continuing education for 9-1-1 dispatchers
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Within the Trenches Ep 184
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 184 features Maranda and Tonya, dispatchers with Marshall County out of Kentucky. This is a powerful yet emotionally driven episode.Unsung heroes: 911 dispatchers open up about Marshall County HS shooting – Web (article/video mentioned in episode)
Episode topics –
- Maranda’s 9-1-1 story
- Tonya’s 9-1-1 story
- Marshall County HS shooting
As always if you have any comments, questions, topic suggestions or you would like to be a guest, send an email to wttpodcast@gmail.com
