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In 911: First Responders, become the head of operations in a fictional rescue and catastrophe management organization. Command a number of vehicles and staff from the fire department, medical rescue, police and technical services.
Jim Smith is now a retired NYPD officer, but on the morning of 9/11 he was an instructor of law at the police academy. His wife, Moira, was a patrol officer assigned to the Thirteenth Precinct on Twenty-first Street, around the corner from the academy, and she responded to the. Moira helped one person out of the South Tower to safety and had returned to help others in the evacuation when the building fell.In thinking about and Moira's death, I don't think I ever got to the rage stage. I was angry about a lot of things, but I knew I couldn't make it be about me. It couldn't be Poor me.
It couldn't be I'm a victim of this tragedy. Rather than mourning Moira, I prefer to celebrate her. To celebrate who she was and what she did rather than commiserate about how she died. A tragedy would have been if she had been coming home from work at 4:00 in the morning and got hit by a drunk driver. The way she charged into those buildings time and again to get people out—that wasn't a tragedy. That was heroism, the definition of what it is to be a hero.
I focused on that.Zack Fletcher is a New York City firefighter, as was his twin brother, Andre. Both brothers played football for Brooklyn Tech High School, and also football and baseball for the FDNY teams, in addition to being volunteer firefighters on Long Island.
Andre was killed on 9/11 while working with Rescue 5 in the North Tower.Over at Bellevue they still have a lot of body parts but just don't have the DNA technology to positively identify them. The professional fireman in me tells me that he's not coming back. I've accepted that, and that's what's helped me move on.
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A lot of the things that I've gone through and that I've strived to become are not just for me anymore, but for both of us. I'm living for both of us. It's one thing to be brothers and siblings; it's another to be twins. Twins often feel the same thing. But when the North Tower fell, I didn't feel anything—there was no feeling of separation.
That's why I still hold on to that little hope.Brendan Ielpi is a New York City firefighter assigned to Ladder Co. 157 in Brooklyn. He was a probationary firefighter for just three months when he responded to Ground Zero with other firefighters who had reported in, arriving there just after the second building collapsed. His father, Lee Ielpi, a retired firefighter from Rescue Co. 2, also responded to the site. Brendan's brother, Jonathan, and every man in his company, Squad 288, were killed in the South Tower.I don't know if it was my young mind, my innocence. I was only twenty-five years old then, and I thought I knew everything.
I was so naive about the world. We were so pampered growing up—no war, no fighting. Everything was great. I'd never seen anything like what I was seeing on 9/11, and most people haven't.
But I got to work. Whatever they told me to do that day, I did. That first day I just had to root around the pile with my hands, feeling for anything.Reprinted by arrangement with Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., from by Dennis Smith. Copyright © 2011 by Dennis Smith.
Ford has announced a First Responder Appreciation Program running through January 2017. They're offering $500.00 cash back on any new or lease to 'qualifying' occupations.
Included are the normal police, fire, and EMTs and the first on the list of 'Excluded Occupations' is 9-1-1 Dispatcher.As a loyal Ford customer (I own two) from a Ford family (I can't even tell you how many we all own) who works at a department with an exclusively Ford fleet I feel hugely slighted. As we all known every day 9-1-1 dispatchers across the country are our true first responders providing comfort and aid to callers, acting as our field responders lifelines, and being integral to the safety of the communities we serve.I was planning on buying a new car this fall and after seeing this I know it won't be another Ford. I hope you all join me in letting Ford know how you feel. Send them a message on Facebook or writing to them directly.
Let them know who we are, what we are, and that this isn't fair.See the program details here:. I must admit I'm a bit surprised by some of the responses in this thread. The topic of getting a $500 discount (paltry) is made moot by the bigger picture of what this represents.It does indeed represent a lack of not only recognition, but of understanding.
Understanding comes from knowledge and knowledge comes from education. Our profession has been struggling in these areas since its inception in 1968.No one grows up wanting to be a 911 Telecommunicator.
We all basically fell into it, or chose it after the fact. The reasons no one grows up wanting to do it are numerous and related to what I mentioned.If we in the industry put forth the time, money and effort to educate the public on who we are and what we do, it could go a long way in promoting the profession. A better understanding could result in a plethora of positive change such as increased and improved training, which could promote better morale. The better the training the better the required qualifications. The higher the required qualifications the better the candidates that get hired.Basic recognition that every employee in every profession should get, can result in change. People should work for more than a paycheck.The definition of a first responder is 'someone designated or trained to respond to an emergency'.
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I was trained and designated to sit at a console for 16+ years. The first on scene of every emergency call I took. And while it's unlikely that I could have been shot, stabbed or run over. Studies have proven that 911 Telecommunicators are equally susceptible to the stressors and the consequences of those stressors than that of field units.I was a first responder. Do you know how many veteran dispatchers I've seen have to get counseling because they just listened to a child screaming that daddy's not breathing and their is a needle in his arm or they just listened to someone blow their brains out. How about a mother in hysterics because they just found their 3 year old face down in the family pool. We put our mental health at risk every single day.
Most veteran dispatchers develop cumulative stress disorder(same symptoms and effect as PTSD) at some point or have to end their career because the stress is so detrimental to their health. Most of us don't get the benefit of the shorter career pension either and are staring get down 30 to 35 years of this if we want full benefits for retirement unlike most police and fire where it's 25. I'd rethink that mentality, while our personal safety might not be at risk we certainly put a whole hell of a lot on the line for very little return.Edit: fixed some autocorrect that wasn't correct. There is no shortage of tragedy in every high stress job.
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You knew it was high stress when you accepted the position. Yes, your mental health is at risk, but no different from a nurse, psychologist, teacher, air traffic controller. I can match anyone story for story about the tragic ends to many Dispatching careers, and my heart aches to remember them, but there is nothing heroic about simply doing your job. We don't enjoy 'safety' status in our retirement program because that is reserved for people who put their safety at risk as a career. You have a tough job, no question about it. You are the only person who can sustain your mental health, and if you feel it's in jeopardy, you should definitely consider another occupation. Unlike many other types of jobs, mine offers peer-support counseling, outreach programs and up to five free psychiatric visits a year.
Every job in the world steals a part of your soul, but we need to stop commending ourselves for doing what we're paid to do. Let's quit pretending that we're more than we are, because what we do is more than enough. The fact that our lives aren't in direct peril is pretty irrelevant, isn't it? I mean, is an artilleryman not a soldier compared to an infantry man, just because his life isn't in direct peril? Is the pump operator not a fireman compared the interior team, just because he isn't in direct danger?Those in direct danger earn a special place, so to speak, but that shouldn't diminish the contributions of the team behind them.I'm seeing a lot of 'Doing you job doesn't make you a hero' in this thread, but I think that when your job is to willingly put yourself on the line every day to help others, it does make you a hero. A hero is someone who does the right thing, even when it's hard, even when doing so imposes a price on them; I don't see how dispatching doesn't fit that definition.
I guess we can chalk this one up to semantics. Over the years, the term 'hero' has become diluted and misapplied.The way I look at it, we are far too important to leave our posts to render hands-on aid in any circumstance. No matter how much fecal matter has hit the air conditioning, Dispatch can always be relied on to maintain operations and provide information and resources as expediently as humanly possible.
We don't evacuate. We may have to temporarily relocate, but our function can never be abandoned; and if it is, it's the first system that's restored.We will always be unsung 'heroes', and that's okay. I didn't sign up for the recognition and accolades. Ford can keep their offer of a generous.03% discount. I have my pride.
To call a dispatcher a first responder is a gross exaggeration and an insult to the people who actually put themselves in danger.I disagree. Being a firefighter and a 9-1-1 operator, I do both. Yeah I put my life in danger anytime I respond to a call with the FD, but I would not say that a 9-1-1 operator is any less of a first responder. The physical risks may be lower, but the emotional risks are not.
There is a lot of stress that comes with the gig. You still hear shit you wish you didn't. Going to be honest, I have cried more as a 9-1-1 operator, than as a FF. What makes it worse is no one cares about a 9-1-1 operator. We are a thankless voice. We have one week out of a year where we are lucky if anyone gives us recognition (except for ourselves). We pat ourselves on the back, because no one else does.
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