emergency dispatch
Urgent help coordination
Emergency dispatch is the process of coordinating rapid response to urgent situations—sending police, firefighters, or ambulances to people in crisis.
The term also refers to the communication center where this coordination happens: She works in emergency dispatch.
Dispatchers receive calls, assess emergencies, and direct appropriate responders to the scene.
- 911 callRequest for emergency services
- fire departmentBlaze-fighting public service
- radio communicationTransmission via electromagnetic waves
- police departmentOfficial law enforcement body
- coast guardMaritime safety and rescue service
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- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- emergencies911, ambulance, ER, paramedic, EMT
- emergency facilitiesfire station, police station, hospital, ER, 911 center
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
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