How your comm center celebrates NPSTW
In honor of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) is implementing a week-long plan to acknowledge our amazing 911 call takers and dispatchers. The plan includes creating various graphics to post on social media throughout the week; working with CPD …
We are celebrating National Telecommunicators Week as “Through the Decades”! This week we will go through the 1940’s-2000’s with games and activities …
This year we are celebrating our heroes with a super hero theme. We have a week planned of lots of games, activities …
Our communication center has gotten better every year at celebrating this week! Themed days, from Viva La 911, to Luaus! Our …
OPCD celebrates NPSTW just like New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras!! Party, party, party! We have themed days like Nerd Day. We also …
Myself and co-supervisor Maura Maschinski have created a list of quizzes and contest that started on February 3rd. Contest includes perfect attendance …
Proclamations, theme weeks, no-uniform days, cook-offs … there are so many ways to make the week special. Use the form below or …
We had a fun filled week! We played Telecommunicator Bingo, Jelly Bean count and ” How well do you know your co-worker? …
West Chester is singing the praises of its unsung heroes this week during National Public Safety Telecomunnicators Week (NPSTW). NPSTW is celebrated …
This year we celebrated with an all new dedication video. The video was full of “thank you’s” and gratitude from fellow airport …
We had a theme week for our center which included: Crazy Hat/Hair Day, Decade Day, Hippie Day, Beach Day, Cowboy/Farmer Day, Patriotic …
We have put a lot of work into the week and have made it very successful. This week has been a theme …
Dear Fellow Dispatchers, Operators, Telecommunicators, You deserve to be celebrated for the services you provide to your community and the field personnel …
This year we did a make your own trail mix bar! We bought trail mix favorites by the pound at a local …
Our week is jam packed to celebrate the hard work all of our dispatchers put in! Monday our Admin staff provided breakfast! …
We have a week long celebration of our staff. Each day is sponsored by a different group within the Sheriff’s office from …
David J. Redl, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator, published this piece marking National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and recognizing …
Thought I would just send you the poem that I wrote for this week. You can see it on FB by this …
Here is a nice piece done on dispatchers for NPSTW 2018
From April 8 to 14, our Public Safety Communications Center will celebrate with themed dress attire, a window decorating competition, Ding Awards, …
Good evening, Virginia. On this first day of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, I want you to know how grateful I am and …
In support of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, I posted the following on our Facebook page. Today, April 8, 2018 begins National …
The Emergency Communications Center at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office celebrates PSTW every year and this year is no different. The enclosed …
During the week of April 8 – 14, 2018, our emergency communications centers around the country will be celebrating their public safety …
This is how Jefferson Co. E-911 will be celebrating and our memo that we sent out: Jefferson Co. E-911 is please to …
Sweets Day, Meal Day, and Casual Dress Day to wear 911 T-shirts jeans and sneakers. Color your Tiki mask and Hawaiian shirt …
Our County Commissioners signed a proclamation at their last meeting. Also, I will be bringing in Ice Cream and Sundae toppings (chocolate/butterscotch …
Each team (T1Days, T1Nights, T2Days, T2Nights) are making large window decorations telling the story of the history of each agency we are …
Klamath 911 is the primary PSAP for Klamath County, Oregon. We dispatch for about 30 different Police, Fire and EMS agencies. I …
Here are a few suggestions for fun awards: The Gumby Award – to the person who is always flexible. The Simon Cowel …
I was a dispatcher for 20 years and we hardly ever received any recognition. So when I was recently hired as the …
This year both myself and my Director are new to our positions and have come from the Dispatch floor. We decided to …
Every day we have a local business provide breakfast, lunch or dinner to our staff. We play the 911 Bingo, local businesses …
Here at Fort Collins 911, we take NPSTW celebrations to a new level! Every year, members of our Rewards and Recognition Committee …
We honor our Emergency Telecommunications Officers every year. We have been having an Annual Awards Night for a number of years now. …
NPSTW 2017 started out as an agency wide celebration and recognition of Suffield’s three (3) full-time and two (2) part-time Public Safety …
Among other things, the best thing that our administration did was a surprise makeover of our break room. They brought in a …
In recognition of National Public Safety Communications Week, the OCSO gathered donations from deputies and friends to fund a cook out for …
My dispatchers got together and picked 7 differently themed days. So far we have had superhero day, sports team day, 80’s day …
This.Is.Dispatch Dare to listen in to experience a day in the life of a 9-1-1 dispatcher. You never know what's waiting for …
Public safety personnel from our Police Department, Sheriff’s Office and Fire and Rescue Department take a moment to say thanks to the …
In the weeks leading up and beginning this week, many local and national newspapers have published stories about NPSTW. Some have recognized individuals, …
This past year has shown a light on public safety telecommunicators. In September, APCO initiated a campaign to ensure that the federal …
One of the recurring themes I’ve heard from fellow call takers and dispatchers is nobody says thank you for the work that …
NTW is one of my favorite weeks of the year. I have been organizing NTW for a few years now. Our Assistant …
See the Austin Police Department’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter sites for a recruiting project we are working on. We just started a …
Proclamations, theme weeks, no-uniform days, cook-offs … there are so many ways to make the week special. Use the form below or add …
My name is Melissa and I am proud to say that I have served in Public Safety for 22 years. Some good …
On April 13, 2016, United States Representative Norma Torres (35th Dist. Calif.), herself a 9-1-1 dispatcher before entering politics, introduced a resolution on National Public …
This year we chose to honor our Telecommunicators by having a giant banner that says “We Appreciate You” and we had everyone …
This month, more than 300 newspapers have written about NPSTW and the recognition due public safety telecommunicators for their demanding and generally …
Putnam County WV 911 Telecommunicators were recognized for their hard work and dedication. The County Commission and the City of Hurricane signed …
This year at our center, located in Bakersfield California, we are having a blast ! Each shift has participated in a dress …
This year we gave our staff years of service pins for 5 or more years of service. We put 4 bags with …
Generally it is a week of appreciation and FOOD! Our Fire and EMS agencies along with our administrative staff provide a lunch …
Fire Public Safety Telecommunications staff were invited to the April 11th City of Burlington Council Meeting where the Mayor read a proclamation …
This has been a special week for staff – on Monday the Fire Marshal’s office dropped off 3 foot sandwiches for each …
Read what agencies and individuals around the world are saying to and about public safety telecommunicators in honor of NPSTW 2016, and …
We are fortunate enough to work for a Department that is allowing us, ALL WEEK, with no uniform. Each day is a …
Attached you will find a picture of a few of the dispatch staff from Franklin County, PA Department of Emergency Services. On …
In the past we had played a few fun games that everyone seemed to enjoy. We have had a jar of different …
We host a week of events. Mon-Fri we do “spirit week” and I pick a different theme for each day. We obtain …
Our center is looking at doing a friendly cook-off competition with other local center. We do not have a commercial kitchen and …
Every year for National Telecommunication week we pick a theme and go all out with it. We decorate our break room, host …
Union Township celebrated Telecommunications week by hosting an open house for our Communications Specialists (dispatchers) and their families. We felt it was …
Sheriff Darnell punching out a shark! Communications Training Staff from left to right, Tommy Clifford, Kim Kutner, Danielle Brightmon, Carole Burchfield, Nicole …
Each year we take a group photo – we are a very small but tight knit group. As far as celebrating – …
Dispatchers were presented proclamations from the State of Mass House of Representatives and the City of Gardner for National Public Safety Telecommunicators …
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