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Post by charlotte_ff on Feb 24, 2005 19:53:17 GMT -5
Does anyone agree with me that it should be a matter of pride to know the roads and streets in your coverage area? I mean, how can you effectively aid the people in your area that are counting on you when you don't know where you are going. I don't think it is dispatch's responsibility to tell you how to get to an address in your coverage area that you should already know. Take the time to get out and learn the streets and roads. If you have a map, use it instead of looking for the easy way out. If you think maps are too difficult, make run cards. That is what I personally use if dispatched to an unfrequent road or if I brain fart as to how to get there. Make the start point your station and write down each turn until you get to the road. Put them in a rolodex or card file and keep them in your car and put a set on your rig. Dispatch is one of the hardest jobs in emergency services and they have enough going on without having to give us directions. Lets take some of the burden off of them and take the time to learn our areas.
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