Create calls and dispatch units to them
As a dispatcher, the call board is where you work. You open a call for each incident, send units to it, keep its details up to date and clear it when it's finished. Everyone on duty sees the…
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As a dispatcher, the call board is where you work. You open a call for each incident, send units to it, keep its details up to date and clear it when it's finished. Everyone on duty sees the…
Make simple when-this-then-that rules for the CAD. When a call is created or a panic is raised, add a note, alert a department, play a tone for dispatch or suggest free units.
Give dispatchers a list of questions to ask a caller for each call type. Each answer scores points, the score suggests a priority, and the questions and answers are added to the call for you.
Set up the call types dispatchers and units pick from, with an optional code and a starting priority. Rename the starter set, add your own, change the order and delete what you don't use.
Record someone you stopped and spoke to, even if they're not on file, and see the cards on name searches. For police and dispatch only.
How police and dispatch request a tow from a call or a plate check, and how tow drivers take the job, impound the vehicle and release it from the lot.
Message another unit or a dispatcher privately, send a broadcast to every screen on duty or one department as dispatch, and know who can read what.
Raise a panic when you need help now, acknowledge one as dispatch, and hold the radio with a Signal 100 for every unit or for one call.
…here they are in the game, updated every couple of seconds. Dispatchers and units on duty open it from the CAD in its own window, so it can sit on a second screen. For the map to be useful,…
Before you can take calls, run plates or dispatch units, you need to sign on in the CAD. Signing on tells everyone which department you're working for and what callsign you're using, and it…
The CAD is your community's dispatch, police, fire and EMS terminal, plus civilian records, all running live on your community website. Members open it from the Open CAD button on your site.…
…start You need to be on duty as a police, fire or EMS unit. Dispatchers don't write reports. Your community needs at least one report template for your kind of unit. CAD admins add them unde…
…D fills in the apparatus and personnel that were on it, the dispatched, en route, on scene and clear times, and a guess at the incident type from the call's nature. Check them and change any…
…hing on your screen. For example, there's no panic key on a dispatcher's screen. The shortcuts These are the standard keys. Your community can change any of them or switch them off, so your…
…t to it and confirm. What everyone else sees When police or dispatch run a business search, the result shows the business's last inspection, its result and the re-inspection date, or none on…
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