Ambulance
Dispatcher
Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Question
callers to determine their locations, and the nature of their problems to
determine type of response needed.
·
Receive
incoming telephone or alarm system calls regarding emergency and non-emergency
police and fire service, emergency ambulance service, information and after
hours calls for departments within a city.
·
Determine
response requirements and relative priorities of situations, and dispatch units
in accordance with established procedures.
·
Record
details of calls, dispatches, and messages.
·
Enter,
update, and retrieve information from teletype networks and computerized data
systems regarding such things as wanted persons, stolen property, vehicle
registration, and stolen vehicles.
·
Maintain
access to, and security of, highly sensitive materials.
·
Provide
emergency medical instructions to callers.
·
Relay
information and messages to and from emergency sites, to law enforcement
agencies, and to all other individuals or groups requiring notification.
·
Monitor
alarm systems to detect emergencies such as fires and illegal entry into
establishments.
·
Scan
status charts and computer screens, and contact emergency response field units
to determine emergency units available for dispatch.
Observe
alarm registers and scan maps to determine whether a specific emergency is in
the dispatch service area.
Salary: $23,190-$56,580.
Education: At least a high school education
Training Requirement Varies by state, programs and courses may be offered
through community and technical colleges, state agencies, professional
organizations or training facilities
Reflection: do you think you would like to be
one? why or why not?
I would not
want to be an ambulance dispatcher and for my reason is because it does seem
like a swell job but then again I don’t want to be able to have someone’s life
on the line it’s just to terrifying
depending on the many options I can take this is one job I would gladly
like to pass to someone else
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