911 center
Crisis response headquarters
A 911 center is a facility that receives and dispatches emergency calls.
Operators assess incoming calls and route them to police, fire, or medical services.
Also called a public safety answering point (PSAP) or emergency communications center: She works the night shift at the 911 center.
- dispatcherOne who allocates resources
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- emergency callUrgent contact seeking aid
- operatorOne who works machinery
- callContact by phone
send help · responder · console · headset · crisis · ambulance · police · fire · urgent · life or death · panic · location · coordinates · lifeline · sirens · trauma · calm · protocol
- emergency facilitiesfire station, police station, hospital, emergency room, ER
- Command Centerscontrol room, command post, mission control, war room, situation room
- Emergency Safetyfire station, police station, ambulance, fire truck, fire department
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, cop
- 911 dispatchdispatcher, emergency call, emergency operator, emergency number, police dispatch
- police stationspolice station, station house, precinct, headquarters, cop shop
emergency response function
911 centerfirehouse
Emergency responders' headquarters
fire station · police station · ambulance bay · first responders · patrol car