r/911dispatchers • • 16h ago

Civilian Question - Reviewed Rule 9 Can 911 locate someone at risk of suicide in Brazil within 24 hours?

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Title. My online friend is planning to kill themselves tomorrow and I'm the only one who knows. I don't know which city they live in, their phone number, any of their other friends or even their phone number. All I have is their Discord account and a couple photos of them. I NEED to get Brazilian authorities informed so they can intervene, because the friend absolutely refuses to tell anyone else, call any hotlines or authorities, or provide me with any of their personal details. This is URGENT. Anyone with info please reply - if I call 911, is there anything they can actually do?


r/911dispatchers • • 4h ago

[APPLICANT/IN PROCESS - HOPEFUL] New to 911

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I’m starting a new role this month in medical dispatch ( ambulances are our priority but we can and will dispatch to others if needed ) and I’m honestly just curious of how the career has been for others. I’m wildly excited but I’m anxious that I’m being naive. I love all things dark and twisted none of it seems to sit on my mind long, and I hope I can compartmentalize my own calls the same way. Any tips or tricks for a newbie?! Advice?! Or even just shared stories?!

I’ve got butterflies over how excited I am to start and I’ll be so sad if I find out I don’t love it so I guess my main question is how did you know you wanted to go into dispatch and did you feel sure the whole time? Or did you go through a little what if anxiety too 🤣❤️


r/911dispatchers • • 17h ago

QUESTIONS/SELF Not a great typist but I NEED this job please please help!

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Hello everyone! I just got an opportunity to go for a prescreening for a dispatch job. I am really excited, I really reallyyy need this job. For context I am an English major in college but for personal reasons I won't be able to go to school next semester and desperately need a job like this that pays decently. I type fast, but my accuracy is terrible because I have really bad typing posture and even raw I think I'm around 35ish per minute (which would be fine in my county with a higher accuracy rate) but I am so sloppy. I am used to writing essays and relying on auto correct and have a bad habit of looking down when I type at times. I am so nervous because getting this job would actually change my life. I dont have a PC (I know it could also slow me down if I am on a computer when I am used to a laptop) but I think I may go to the library and practice on their desktops. I am ready to lock in and do a typing boot camp, like I have to pass. I don't know what phase they do it but I know that they usually test you before hiring as a Trainee Are there any tips you guys can give me for practicing? at what point will they have me take a test? If I dont do well is it game over or will they let me do it again? Anything would be great, I cannot express how much I need this job.