Think about the stress levels incurred by emergency dispatchers: they need to dispatch emergency workers WHILE they are still taking details of the incident over the phone.
Seconds count in emergency services, and that overlap costs time.
dispatches first responders in Jackson County, and ECSO has a new tool.
It's a text-to-speech program that broadcasts incident information in a computer voice while the dispatcher is still taking details.
We get the lowdown on how the system works.
