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Colorado NENA 911 Hero
Do you know a 911 Hero?
Colorado NENA is looking for 911 Heroes and we need your help! Please send us nominations for 911 Heroes.
A 911 Hero is a citizen, child and/or animal who is instrumental in assisting in the rescue of another person or property. Alerting 911, staying on the line to follow instructions, assisting in the rescue or as in the case of an animal, alerting a person to potential danger, are all examples of nominations. Any recordings of calls are welcomed and encouraged to be included in the awards ceremony
The awards ceremony will be at the APCO-NENA Annual Conference, October 9-10, 2008. The award will consist of a cash prize and/or appropriate gift certificate. We will be inviting the media and elected officials to join us for this ceremony.
Send nominations to:
Jay Willette
2nd Vice President
1805 33rd Street
Boulder, CO 80301
303 441-1731
The deadline for nominations is September 21, 2008
Colorado NENA Center of the Year
Colorado NENA would like to recognize all the outstanding 911 Centers in Colorado by presenting a 911 Center of the Year Award at the NENA-APCO Forum and Technology show October 11th and 12th, 2007.
Please nominate your 911 Center by describing why your Center should be recognized as the best in Colorado. Include what consistently makes your center great, how teamwork is accomplished and other things such as service to the community and public information. Also, include the size of your center by number of employees.
Cash awards will be given to three centers based on the size of the centers. We will be inviting the media and elected officials to join us and present these awards for this ceremony.
Send nominations to:
Jay Willette
2nd Vice President
1805 33rd Street
Boulder, CO 80301
303 441-1731
The deadline for nominations is September 21, 2008
Colorado NENA Howl Awards
911- What’s your emergency?
I’m guessing that if you’re reading this article, you may have said this line or something similar sometime in your career. There’s a sad fact that most of the time this question is answered by a list of disheartening information such as medicals, car crashes, or other distressing incidents. However, there are those times when we can’t help but laugh due to the information provided.
I know that I have my top calls I’ll never forget due to the fact they still crack me up. I’m still unable to tell a full story before I start laugh. For instance -
“911, What’s your emergency?”
“I’m sorry to call on this line but there’s a (hhhhoooowwwwllll)...”
“Sorry Ma’am but I couldn’t understand that.”
“Next door there’s (hhhhoooowwwwllll)...”
“Say that again Ma’am”
“The neighbors (hhhhoooowwwwllll)...”
“Ma’am?”
“Lonely (hhhhoooowwwwllll)...”
“Dog (hhhhoooowwwwllll)...”
“Help (hhhhoooowwwwllll)...”
There’s nothing like the real thing. Even the best writers in Hollywood cannot outshine the funny conversations and incidents that Dispatchers handle everyday. So let’s show those comedy writers what it’s all about, give us an article or transcript of your 911 call or incident and some background to go with the information so it may be shared with others for a good laugh.
Why not go a bit further? Since we have awards for well-respected matters such as Dispatcher of the Year, Citizens Award, and others, why not have one for the non-serious laughable matters of our careers. Enter to win the HOWL Award of the Year. Why HOWL? Due to our stressful work environment, why not Handle Operations With Laughter!
The NENA Board members will review and vote on each month’s entries. The winning entry for the month will be posted in the newsletter. At the end of the year, all monthly winners (twelve entries) will be posted again for all NENA and APCO members to vote for the HOWL Award of the Year.
Remember, you have to enter to win and it does not matter if you’re a member. Most of all, you should enter so we can all share in the laughter. Send your entries to jacil@911solutions.net with the subject line of HOWL.