Civilian Superheroes
Fingers as fast as a speeding bullet, ears tuned in to every background noise coming through the headset.. We never back down when our community needs us. Telecommunicators have tender hearts and a desire to …
[com]Passion
I think the greatest Superpower that WE have as Telecommunicators is [com]Passion. We are passionate about the communities that we serve, the First Responders that we work with and that passion and compassion we have …
Nerves of Steel
Being a telecommunicator is not for the weak. One must possess nerves of steel and a sense of calm to take calls ranging from non emergency to complete hysteria and the worst emergency imaginable. You …
Dispatchers need to be The Flash
Dispatchers should all be The Flash. By the time the caller told us what was going on, we would have ran over there, got all the info we needed and back on the phone and …
Natural 20 Healing
To be on the phone with a distraught parent/spouse/child and able to save their loved one who just died – that would be an amazing gift. The cries of the RP get to me, because …
911 Vision
As emergency operators we often have to place ourselves in the callers situation to better understand what is going on or to visualize their exact location. We would really benefit from the power or ability …
Compassion Fatigue as Renewable Energy
There are many incredible superpowers that we already claim as Telecommunications ROCKSTARS, from bionic hearing to supersonic multitasking to our automatic skill in switching from reclining in our seat to sitting straight up in our …
Multi task
Dispatchers have the super power of Multi tasking! Phones/ Radios / Police / Fire / EMS / Public callers – happy, hysterical, mad, mental, upset, deaf, etc…/ coworkers/ computers / multiple screens / paper work …
Man (And Woman) of Steel!
Faster (at typing) than a speeding bullet, stronger (mentally) than the raging seas. Able to quell the fears and command the response from a single console. The calm in the chaos, the voice in the …
Weather Warriors
We brave the worst that Mother Nature has to offer just to get to work sometimes! Hurricanes, blizzards, flooding? No problem. We leave our families to go to work in some of the worst of …
SELF-COMPOSURE
No matter the situation self composure, transmitted over the radio or phone, shows that you are keeping it together for the caller. It defines that your doing your best for them to see it thru. …
Remote Viewing
I think Public Safety Telecommunicators should have the ability to REMOTE VIEW through the reporting parties eyes. What a superpower it would be! This would be very helpful when a reporting party is in shock …
Listen carefully!!
This super power is determining the difference between an actual emergency or a mentally unstable caller making up a story with no emergency at all.
Super Hearing
A Telecommunicator may not be able to stop a moving car or a falling building, but we have the power to gather all the information and send our hero partners to save those in need.
Telecommunicators! Able to leap (small) radio towers in a single bound!
Anyone who has witnessed a telecommunicator in action can clearly tell you what superpowers they have! They bring clarity and calm to chaos on a daily basis!
ESP
If you get a weird creepy feeling about a call, even when they are telling you that all is OK, dispatch it and tell your responders that something just doesn’t feel right.
Telecommunicators, Activate Superpowers
Last year for National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, we asked you to name your superheroes. Since we agreed you are ALL superheroes, we want to know this year what makes you that way – we’re …
