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Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 201
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 201 is a live audience episode and it was…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 200
This is a live audience episode and it was recorded live on Mackinac Island, Michigan at the 2018 NENA/APCO conference. It all started at the Michigan NENA…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 199
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 199 is an intro to an epic episode 200. Why…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 198
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 198 features Marc, Operations Center…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 197
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 197 features Michael, a police Lieutenant…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 196
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 196 features Samantha, dispatch supervisor…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 195
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 195 is a recap episode. In this episode I…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 194
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 194 features Lynn, Dispatch Supervisor with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 193
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 193 features Jim Marshall, Director of the…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 192
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 192 features Lisa, 911 Manager with City of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 191
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 191 features Christine, Dispatch Supervisor…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 190
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 190 features Luz, Emergency Dispatch…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 189
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 189 features Todd, Training Coordinator with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 188
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 188 features Brittany, Assistant Director of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 187
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 187 is an Open Mic episode. This episode…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 186
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 186 is an Imagine Listening episode. It…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 185
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 185 features Jared, Director of Dearborn…
Within the TrenchesWithin 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…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 183
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 183 is an Open Mic episode. This episode…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 182
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 182 is an Imagine Listening episode. It…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 181
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 181 features Aaron, dispatcher with Carroll…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 180
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 180 is sponsored by 911 Gold Line Training…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 179
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 179 features Sheila with Buena Vista County…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 178
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 178 features Karin of RapidSOS and John of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 177
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 177 features April, Executive Director with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 176
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 176 features Ashley and Jen, supervisors with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 175
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 175 features April, Executive Director with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 174
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 174 is a live audience episode recorded at…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 173
Imagine finding your spouse with a gun. You're shocked and confused and before you can ask what is going on, you hear a shot. Your spouse falls from a…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 172
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. News story - Time.com Episode topics – Podcast…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 171
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode topics - Podcast appearances Recap of NENA…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 170
Ep 170 features Jim Marshall and Ryan Dedmon of the 911 Training Institute. As always if you have any comments, questions or you would like to be a guest on…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 169
This episode is sponsored by the 911 Training Institute, unique mental health expertise for the very first responder. This episode is also supported by…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 168
Ep 168 is sponsored by the 911 Training Institute and supported by INdigital. This episode features Chris, Director of Barren-Metcalfe Emergency Communications…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 167
Ep 167 features Mary, Deputy Director with MACECOM out of Washington state. This episode is sponsored by the 911 Training Institute and supported by INdigital…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 166
Ep 166 is sponsored by the 911 Training Institute and supported by INdigital, a leader in Next-Gen Core Services. This episode features Rob "Big Mac" McMullen…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 165
Imagine a bright sunny day on the farm while your son plays outside. You are on your tractor and realize you don't see your son anymore. Panic sets in…Now…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 164
Ep 164 features the co-founder of The Healthy Dispatcher, Adam Timm. In this episode Adam gives an overview of his history from 9-1-1 dispatcher to health and…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 163
Ep 163 features Jim Marshall, Director of the 911 Training Institute and Ryan Dedmon, Outreach Director. In this episode we reveal the details of the Survive &…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 162
Ep 162 of Within the Trenches features Megan, alternate lead dispatcher with Cascade County, Great Falls Police Dispatch in Montana. In this episode Megan…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 161
Ep 161 is the last of a series of episodes recorded live at the Illinois Public Safety Telecommunications Association conference. This was a hell of a show and…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 160
This episode is sponsored by Dispatch In Depth. A new podcast by the IAED. You can catch new episodes on iTunes, Stitcher Radio and Soundcloud. Ep 160 of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 159
This episode is sponsored by Dispatch In Depth. A new podcast by the IAED. You can catch new episodes on iTunes, Stitcher Radio and Soundcloud. Ep 159 of…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 158
Episode 158 features Kim Turner, Communications Manager for San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in California. She's also the President of Kim Turner…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 157
Ep 157 features Tracy Eldridge, 9-1-1 Operations Lead for RapidSOS. This episode was recorded live at the 2017 IPSTA conference at the Crowne Plaza in…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 156
This episode is brought to you by Dispatch In Depth--a new podcast for emergency dispatchers. If you like Within The Trenches, you're gonna want to check it…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 155
Ep 155 features Dee, a dispatcher out of the city of Rockport, Texas. In this episode Dee shares her 9-1-1 story as well as what it was like to work in…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 154
Ep 154 is an extension of the podcast called Imagine Listening. It features the stories from the #IAM911 movement but this episodes' stories come from the…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 153
Ep 153 of Within the Trenches features Todd Sparrow, Director at Lawrenceburg 9-1-1 in Kentucky. In this episode Todd reflects on 35 years of public safety…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 152
Ep 152 is an extension of the podcast called Imagine Listening. This episode features the stories of the #IAM911 movement. It also features a former police…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches - #IAM911 One year later
Today, August 24 2017 marks the one year anniversary of when I started the #IAM911 movement. In this episode we will take a look back at why I started it, the…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 151
Ep 151 features Brianna, Benton County Emergency Communications out of Arkansas & Rob McMullen, director of Vigo County out of Indiana & NENA President. This…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 150
Episode 150 features Don, a dispatcher of Sonoma County SO and Lee Ann, Dispatch Manager with Marin County SO out of California. In this episode we follow the…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 149
Ep 149 features Jen, a telecommunicator out of an agency in Illinois. In this episode Jen tells her 9-1-1 story, shares some calls and stressors of the job…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 148
Episode 148 features Adam Timm of The Healthy Dispatcher. This episode was recorded at the 2017 Michigan NENA conference in Lansing. In this episode Adam…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 147
Ep 147 was recorded in front of a live audience at the 2017 Indiana NENA/APCO conference. Dispatchers share their outrageous and funny calls. As always if you…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 146
Today's episode is a hard one. If you have followed the #IAM911 movement then you know that many of the stories told by the dispatchers who lived them are hard…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 145
Ep 145 features Sarah, Assistant Director at Kosciusko County out of Indiana and Curt, Sales Engineer with INdigital. In this episode we go back in time a few…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 144
Episode 144 features show favorite Rob "Big Mac" McMullen and is the first Facebook Live episode. In this episode we play some funny 9-1-1 tapes, interact with…
Within the TrenchesWithin the Trenches Ep 143
Ep 143 features Bill, Quality Assurance Specialist with Horry County E911, South Carolina. In this episode I got the chance to speak with Bill about his 9-1-1…