Season 3 Episode 6: Don't Wait for the Application: Recruiting 9-1-1 Before Graduation, with Tara Vann
What if the next generation of 9-1-1 telecommunicators started learning the job before they ever filled out an application? In this episode, Lori Henricksen sits down with Tara Vann, Director of Jefferson County 9-1-1 in Kearneysville, WV, to talk about the center's high school emergency telecommunications pathway program and the results from its first year.
Tara shares how introducing students to 9-1-1 before graduation gives centers something a thirty minute interview never can: an entire school year to watch a student grow, learn the realities of the job, and understand how to cope with…
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