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Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat
Answering 911 Life in the Hot Seat
Author: Caroline Burau
From Publishers Weekly — I want to save lives, but I'm willing to settle for just not killing anybody," confides this suburban Minneapolis author about being a rookie 911 dispatch operator . In simple prose that is often crass and amateurish, Burau recounts moments of terror and incompetence among her colleagues: one dispatcher plays computer gam...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780873516020
ISBN-10: 0873516028
Publication Date: 9/15/2007
Pages: 216
Edition: 1
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Borealis Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 6
I have been a dispatcher for 12 years, and I loved this book! It is so true...one second you're reading a book,and the next second you are trying to get rescue to a person having a heart attack or firemen to a house burning down. Our department has only one dispatcher for deputies, rescue and fire, and it can get really hairy sometimes, but I wouldn't trade this job for anything except retirement! :D
Ms. Burau captured the life of dispatching just as it is, warts and all.
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Helpful Score: 2
I'm a dispatcher and I thought this book was so true. I think every new dispatcher, and family member of a dispatcher, and anyone thinking of becoming a dispatcher should read this book.
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Helpful Score: 2
Quick, fun read. Operator is based in Ramsey County, Minnesota so lots of local references for Minnesotans.
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Helpful Score: 1
Interesting, and in places funny, book about a 911 operator
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I was pleasantly surprised by this book! Some LOL moments, and some moments you may need tissues. Highly recommended!


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