Episode 9, Hello? 9-1-1? I only got nine chicken nuggets!

About This Episode

It's been a minute since our last episode, but Badge to the Bone has a great guest for this episode. Kari was an emergency communications dispatcher for 16 years, and she provides a much needed perspective regarding exposure to trauma within emergency communications. Unfortunately, we sometimes forget that our dispatchers on the other side of the radio and on the receiving end of traumatic calls are impacted just as much as those responding and sometimes more. Kari explains how the emergency communications position is viewed and classified differently from first responders in the field limiting the mental health resources available. The stress and trauma combined with a disappointing lack of support from management impacted her mental wellness significantly. Public safety needs to do better with this so take a listen.