Subject: Ham-radio is a hobby not a service
From: (William)
Date: 3/27/2004 8:52 AM Central Standard Time
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message
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And WHY does it take 911 operators to handle "every" call, Brain?
I might have been wrong. Perhaps answering 90% of 911 calls is
acceptable practice in some localities. "Good enuf 4 Gubmn't Work."
Like the 911 operator that kept hanging up on "sniper" Lee Malvo.
What "90%" Brain?
ALL of the 9-1-1 calls get answered where I live.
NOT all of the calls warrant a Code 3 response.
We only
need one, maybe two on any call, if you allow for one being on the phone
and
one on the radio...
How does a citizen call a 911 operator on a radio?
Hmmmmm...there are several ways.
First of all is to use the autopatch if a licensed Amateur.
Second is to be an authorized user of the county dispatch network (which I
am)
Third is to...never mind...I could be at this all day...
But in the CONTEXT which I made the comment, one 9-1-1 operator handles an
RFS (request-for-service) on the phone with the RP (reporting party) while
another monitors the phone call and dispatches the appropriate assets.
Somehow I think you knew that, so I'll just cut your trolling line right
here.
Steve, K4YZ