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Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 142
Ep 142 features Erin, Communications Specialist at Loveland Emergency Communications out of Colorado and the 2017 IAED Dispatcher of the Year. In this episode…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 141
Ep 141 features Ryan Dedmon, Outreach Director with the 911 Training Institute and creator of the popular blog Operation 10-8. In this episode I finally got…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 140
Ep 140 features Ty, Director of Education with NENA and Lisa, Education Instructor for NENA. In this episode we follow Lisa through every rank in dispatch she…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 139
Ep 139 features the CEO and Public Relations Director of Uivo, Emily and David. Uivo is the only fast and secure emergency contact system for personal property…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 138
Ep 138 features Christine, dispatch supervisor with Waukesha, Wisconsin and Drew, manager of EMS and flight communications of Columbia City, Indiana. In this…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 137
Ep 137 features Ethan, a dispatcher out of NC & Within the Trenches Continuing Education Scholarship Recipient & Daphanie, dispatcher and past guest out of FL…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 136
This is a special episode that you don't want to miss. In this episode my wife Rebecca joins me to chat about what it was like for her during my time working…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 135
This is an episode you do not want to miss! No intro on this one. It's a surprise guest. Please listen, enjoy and share!
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 134
Episode 134 of Within the Trenches features Caroline Burau, 12 year 9-1-1 dispatch veteran and author of Answering 911: Life in the hot seat and Tell me…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 133
Episode 133 of the podcast features Kaylyn, a 9-1-1 dispatcher & content creator out of Northern California. She is the creator of the popular YouTube channel…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 132
Within the Trenches is back with episode 132! After this website being down for almost a week it is back up and iTunes subscriptions are up and running again…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 131
Imagine you're watching television, enjoying your day and a breaking news flash comes on. You see law enforcement in a shootout with two heavily armed men…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 130
Ep 130 features April, Industry Affairs Specialist with INdigital and former 911 Director with Eaton County 911 out of Michigan along with Larry, Director of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 129
Ep 129 of the podcast features Jerry, Chair of the Board of Accreditation for the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, the organization charged with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 128
Imagine waking up on Saturday. The sky is blue and the sun is shining bright. You lean over to wake your husband. He doesn't move. You turn him over and notice…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 127
Episode 127 features show regular Rob "Big Mac" McMullen, Director of Vigo County 9-1-1 in Indiana and 1st VP of NENA. In this episode we talk about those…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 126
Episode 126 is different from the rest. It's the introduction to Within the Trenches - Imagine Listening, an extension of the podcast featuring stories from…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 125
Episode 125 features an interview with Kyle, a 9-1-1 dispatcher with Montgomery County Central Communications Center out of Indiana. He shares his 9-1-1 story…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 124
This is a short episode on the Within the Trenches Continuing Education Scholarship in association with the IAED, a recap of stories told in Ep. 123 and a…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 123
Within the Trenches Ep 123 - This episode features four of my personal #IAM911 movement stories. They are the stories that started it all and now they have…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 122
Within the Trenches episode 122 is sponsored by INdigital, a leader in Next-Gen Core Services. This episode features Jennifer, a dispatcher with Ogle County…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 121
Welcome to episode 121 of Within the Trenches. In this episode I had the opportunity to speak with Bailey, a Dispatcher and Corrections Officer with Mountrail…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 120
Welcome back to another great episode of Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. In this episode I go solo and…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 119
Welcome to episode 119 or 9-1-1 of Within the Trenches. In this episode I had the chance to speak with Brianna, deputy director with Benton County Office of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 118
Welcome back to Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. In this episode I finally got the chance to speak to Ryan…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 117
Welcome back to another episode of Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. Today is September 15th, 2016 and there…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 116
Welcome back to another episode of Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. A lot has happened in the past couple of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 115
Welcome back to another episode of Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. A lot has happened in the past week. On…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 114
Good morning and welcome to episode 114 of Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. A lot has happened since the…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 113
With all of the B.S. going on in the world right now I thought I would do a funny episode with the always epic Rob "Big Mac" McMullen. In this episode we share…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 112
Welcome to Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. Episode 112 features Jordon, a dispatcher and CTO out of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 111
Welcome to an all new episode of Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. In this episode I spoke with the first…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 110
Welcome to an all new episode of Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the experience of being a 9-1-1 dispatcher. In this episode I spoke with dispatchers…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 109
Within the Trenches is back with episode 109 and you don't want to miss this one. I got the chance to speak with three great individuals including Greg with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 108
Good evening and welcome back to another episode of Within the Trenches. This past week I was in Lansing, Michigan for the 2016 Michigan NENA conference. It…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 107
Within the Trenches is back! Episode 107 is sponsored by INdigital - A leader in Next-Gen Core Services. In this episode I sat down with my brother Fernando to…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 106
Welcome to episode 106 of Within the Trenches! This episode is sponsored by Indiana NENA and INdigital, a leader in Next-Gen Core Services. In this episode I…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 105
Recording live from the 2016 Indiana NENA/APCO Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana it's episode 105 of Within the Trenches, sponsored by Indiana NENA and…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 104
Recording live from the 2016 Indiana NENA/APCO Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana it's episode 104 of Within the Trenches, sponsored by Indiana NENA and…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 103
Welcome to Within the Trenches and this is episode 103. This episode is sponsored by INdigital - A leader in Next Gen Core Services. Last week for episode 102…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 102
Welcome to episode 102 of the Within the Trenches Podcast, a podcast based on the experience of being a 911 dispatcher. The show is going strong and while…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 101
Welcome to episode 101 of the Within the Trenches Podcast. Last week I posted the 100th episode of the podcast and in that episode I took a trip back in time…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 100
Episode 100! Man oh man I can’t believe it. It’s been one crazy ride and I wouldn’t change a thing. Welcome to Within the Trenches, a podcast based on the…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 99
Welcome to episode 99 of Within the Trenches. I have come a long way and it is hard to believe that my next episode is going to be number 100. I am planning…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 98
Welcome to episode 98 of Within the Trenches. A lot has been going on lately and I can’t make any announcements yet but as soon as I get the green light I will…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 97
Welcome to episode 97 of Within the Trenches. A few days ago I received numerous tweets and Facebook messages asking if there was going to be a Halloween…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 96
I am a firm believer that every person we meet, we meet for a reason. Whether it is good or bad, a blessing or a lesson, there is a reason. A few years ago I…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 95
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches. It has been almost a month since I posted the last episode but I’m back and ready to go with a long list of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 94
Hello and welcome to episode 94 of Within the Trenches. I am back from the national NENA conference that was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 93
Hello and welcome to episode 93 of Within the Trenches. I am back from the national NENA conference that was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 92
Hello and welcome to episode 92 of Within the Trenches. I am back from the national NENA conference that was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 91
Hello and welcome to episode 91 of Within the Trenches. I am back from the national NENA conference that was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 90
Hello and welcome to episode 90 of Within the Trenches. I am back from the national NENA conference that was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 89
Welcome back folks! This is episode 89 of Within the Trenches. In this episode I got to speak with guest regular Rob McMullen, director of Vigo County 911 out…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 88
Good afternoon and welcome back for episode 88 of Within the Trenches. In this episode I got the chance to speak with Theresa, a dispatcher and trainer with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 87
Hello everyone! This is going to be an epic episode 87 of Within the Trenches. It has been a little while since the last episode but I’m back and ready to go…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 86
Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Within the Trenches. This will be the last episode in a series recorded at the 2015 Indiana NENA/APCO…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 85
Hello folks and welcome back to another excellent episode of Within the Trenches. This is the podcast where you will learn, laugh and understand what 911…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 84
Good morning! The wait is finally over! I must admit that it was hard for me to hold off posting this episode until today. I wanted to post it so that all of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 83
Ahoy hoy! I’m back with episode 83 of Within the Trenches. This episode is part of a series of episodes I recorded at the 2015 Indiana NENA/APCO conference and…