tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post1489851739865589275..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: Incident commandTom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-76385966863908210742012-02-17T12:36:43.865-06:002012-02-17T12:36:43.865-06:00Director Casady your comments were way to kind. I...Director Casady your comments were way to kind. I learn something from my peers daily. I recently took the newest class of fire recruits to observe dispatchers in action. Action is what they got. The comm center went from relative calm to phones of the hook. While wide eyes they recieved first hand appriciation of how our dispatch professionals take care of business 24/7/365. From the field I am one that sings their praises and salutes them. Keep up the great service that you provide to us all. Leoleonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-7279568738564688102012-02-13T06:27:54.436-06:002012-02-13T06:27:54.436-06:009:11,
I regularly hear "It came from the Des...9:11,<br /><br />I regularly hear "It came from the Desk" on the radio, and it usually has a certain tone that conveys a deeper meaning. The chief's (ex) right: sometimes there's finger-wagging when there ought to be problem-solving. It's not that bad, though, and you hear the same thing internally between units. Complaining about others is an awfully popular sport.I don't think it's that much different than anywhere else, though. The trick is filtering out the real issues from the background noise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-71434591216401497582012-02-12T07:09:46.145-06:002012-02-12T07:09:46.145-06:009:11,
Eh, no. While I agree there is a lot of r...9:11,<br /><br /> Eh, no. While I agree there is a lot of respect, there is also plenty of misunderstanding, and I hear it from both directions, and all levels, including a couple last week. Some of this is just normal grumbling that's not particularly worrisome, and some reflects organizational-operational issues that we really can and should address collaboratively.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-77245592299373328292012-02-11T21:11:41.532-06:002012-02-11T21:11:41.532-06:00'For 30 years," he said later by email, &...'For 30 years," he said later by email, "police employees have bellyached about call takers in the 911 Center, and vice versa, when in fact, we should all be pulling together...'<br /><br /> Don't know what police employees your talking about, but for the 20 plus years I have been a police employee I guessed I just missed it. Everyone I know has great respect for the 911 call takers and the overall great job they do. Maybe the bellyachers your talking about are those in attendance at the command staff meetings because I know it's not the rank and file. Quotes like this are how rumors get started.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-49059623148238502402012-02-10T08:18:05.223-06:002012-02-10T08:18:05.223-06:00Spellcheck,
Yikes, that's an awkward sentence...Spellcheck,<br /><br />Yikes, that's an awkward sentence. Rewrite<br /><br />7:42,<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />The proliferation of scanner feeds ported to the Internet (and client applications on smartphones) has opened up the heretofore arcane world of trunked radio system scanning to the masses. <br /><br />While this has some downsides, it also has a decidedly positive impact in exposing more people to the professionalism of their dispatchers, firefighters, and police officers. A little time listening to radio traffic gives folks a lot more insight into the complexity of their work.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-5003649629476059262012-02-10T07:42:16.570-06:002012-02-10T07:42:16.570-06:00I'm with you, Tom. Unless you hear it all on ...I'm with you, Tom. Unless you hear it all on a scanner, you'd never believe how calm and professional LFR, LPD, and LSO are in the midst of emergencies. Even dispatchers manage to keep it all together. How lucky is Lincoln and Lancaster County to have such a wonderful team???? Impressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com