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911, What’s Your Emergency? Tales From Dispatch

When you call 911, it most likely means you’re having a stressful, unpredictable, scary experience. It could be the worst day of your life, or someone else’s.  But what’s it like on the other side of that call? 

Hear about life as an emergency dispatcher here in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, throughout the country, and even during the massive temporary city in the desert that is Burning Man.

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GUESTS:

  • Clayton Northgraves is the Director of Emergency Telecommunications for the State of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
  • Wanda Brown worked as an emergency dispatch operator in Lynchburg, VA for 27 years. She retired in May of 2018
  • Nanci Tatum of Westminster, CO, worked in emergency dispatch for 33 years. She retired in 2017
  • Tanto Goldstein of Los Angeles, CA, is an emergency dispatch volunteer for Burning Man

Jessica Severin de Martinez and Catie Talarski contributed to this show.

Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious with Chion Wolf on ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, spotlighting the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood.
Jessica Severin de Martinez is a producer for Audacious with Chion Wolf.

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SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

Federal funding is gone.

Congress has eliminated all funding for public media.

That means $2.1 million per year that ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø relied on to deliver you news, information, and entertainment programs you enjoyed is gone.

The future of public media is in your hands.

All donations are appreciated, but we ask in this moment you consider starting a monthly gift as a Sustainer to help replace what’s been lost.