What do you refer to the dispatcher as?

[ff_coddington]

Fayette County: "38 engine 11 is in the street county" for en route call in. For in service calls "County you can show all 38 units inservice and returning" does using in the street or in traffic show professionalism?

 

[dustymedic]

'MEC (Metropolitan Emergency Consortium) Center", Columbus FD is simply "Columbus Fire"

 

[cutiger]

Our county EMS and FD are dispatched by one organization. They are referred to as "county". The surrounding counties refer to their dispatch as "control".

 

[TritonBoulder47]

We are refered to as "Wyoming County" Its a pet peeve of mine when field units just say "County"... LoL

 

[DaveCN5]

Depends on the officer. We're a large University Police Department with 78 sworn officers and 12 tahoes (with a new fleet on the way).


Center


Central


HQ


Head Quarters


Station


University


Desk


My first name


My last name


My Nickname (Vegas)


My XBOX Live gamer tag :roll:


MSU


721 (My badge number)

 

[DLuccia]

We respond to dispatch as Wolcott Central or just Central. When we were dispatched on county wide years ago it was LCD

 

[Station 3]

Poop

 

[Pursuit]

On the radio our agencies dispatch is called "department," or "10-37."

 

[TheHealer]

Where I work, Delaware County, PA...


The FIRE/EMS dispatchers are referred to as "Fireboard"


The POLICE side refers to the dispatcher as "Delcom"

 

[JohnMarcson]

Of course some times we call them "dick-scratch" and then they tell us "you're queer"

 

[theroofable]

Fire/EMS around here use district and then their station number. Since we do not have our one for our town, we use another town's, district22. I dont know about police because they are state troopers.

 

[Phillyrube]

Of course some times we call them "dick-scratch" and then they tell us "you're queer"

I was gonna reply something like that, but figured I'd get banned!!


Mostly I have tell them I run the street, not them!

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

We get called all sorts of things:


County


9-1-1


Dutchess 9-1-1


Dutchess County Control


Dutchess County Communications

 

[PJD642]

At Home: "Yes, Dear".


Work: Central or Madison, depending on the Agency.

 

[BigWil]

Dispatch is Zero here...and it fits in more ways than one

 

[Steve0625]

In my career job, Fire = "Fire Dispatcher", EMS = "EMS Dispatcher" or "EMS", Police was generally "Radio" on the primaries, the admin channels were usually called by the channel name, ie. Rochester PD's admin was "Channel 2".


County to county was usually just the county name: "Monroe to Livingston" unless they didn't answer in a reasonable time, then it was "Monroe County calling Livingston County on the IA (InterAgency) or 45.88 (Fire)"


On most channels, but not all, the field units included the channel name in the initial call: "Perinton Base to EMS on 295 (155.295)" Their dispatchers monitor a number of channels so identifying which channel you are calling on is good sense.


Here in Fulton County, it's "EMS Dispatch" or "Fire Dispatch". First time I used the ambulance radio, I inadvertently said "dispatcher" instead of "dispatch". I got a pretty sarcastic answer back of "EMS DISPATCH!" It is what it is.

 

[KCOEM9103]

Usually refer to them as County, unless its an urgent message, then Kane County. Don't exactly know why, but I have been doing it that way for years.

 

[towman88]

"Central"

 

[blackcherryxj]

All the Emergency Services run through one dispatch in my home county, and the adjacent county everything except for EMS is run through one.


We call them Central, or Central Dispatch when they decide not to answer. The EMS dispatch is called medcom.


I once called my central 12 times before an answer. That was an interesting firestorm that I started there between the admins.

 

[rwo978]

We call them Central, or Central Dispatch when they decide not to answer.

You too? Same here, except the Central Dispatch is more like "W-I-L-L-I-A-M 6-4-2 T-O C-E-N-T-R-A-L D-I-S-P-A-T-C-H" with distinct and lingering pauses at the '-' and between each word.

I once called my central 12 times before an answer. That was an interesting firestorm that I started there between the admins.

Hmm, sounds strikingly familiar. Usually happens when calling out a traffic stop, at which point we continue calling out the stop and wait for another unit to acknowledge. It's usually accompanied with a "hey, here's where I'm at in case the SHTF."