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Event Name:
Basic 40-Hour Dispatch School

Description:
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.  PLEASE CONTACT KRIS AT 517-410-0825 OR KKEMP@MACNLOW.COM TO BE PLACED ON OUR CONTACT LIST WHEN NEW DATES HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.  WE SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

MACNLOW’s Basic 40-Hour Dispatch School utilizes a unique and practical combination of lecture, personal assessment, small group exercises, skill-building exercises, and role play to cement learning. Our instructors for this course are all highly-qualified, experienced dispatchers or dispatch supervisors.

Day One:  Welcome to Dispatch
Duties and Responsibilities, Dispatcher Roles, Technology, Integrity and Responsibility

Day Two:  Professional Interpersonal Communications
DiSC Behavioral Profile, Listening Techniques, Call Control Skills, Stress Handling Techniques

Day 3:  Radio Communications
Police/Fire/EMS calls, Emergency v Non-Emergency calls, Interoperability, Incident Command 

Day 4:  Call Intake and Call Handling
Key Questions - the 6 Ws, Call Sequencing and Clarifying, Over-Rating or Under-Rating the Call, 
Caller Empathy, Handling Different Types of Calls

Day 5:  Skill Building, Client Services, and Telephone Etiquette
Skill building using all techniques and information from the week; serving the public, dispatch, law enforcement, fire and EMS; doing the job well and politely, making all of us look good!

Event Date:
6/1/2020 - 6/5/2020

Event Time:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

Location:
Saline Police Department
100 N Harris Street
Saline, MI

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