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Meet the Helpers: 911 Operator

1 minutes 1 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

Explore the role of a 911 operator during an emergency. This public safety telecommunicator is responsible for prioritizing and dispatching incoming emergency calls. Part of the "Meet the Helpers" series.

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Runtime: 1 minutes 1 seconds

Topic: Careers, Health and Safety, Social Science
Subtopic: Community Life, Occupations, Safety
Grade/Interest Level: Ps - 3
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Release Year: 2019
Producer/Distributor: WUCF
Series: Meet the Helpers
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Man wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck talks to us and folds his hands together. Next to him is an illustration of a boy tucked in bed.

Cartoon of a young girl holding a clipboard up to a man who is leaning down and holding a hand out towards her. The background has illustrations of hearts and hands shaking.

Cartoon of two young children finger painting and stamping their whole handprint onto a piece of paper. Two other children play with dolls. Two more children play with a tea set, and another pair plays with trains.

Green cartoon face looks unsure standing by itself and sneezing. Four green unsure faces are gathered together as the sneeze spray from the one face gets on them. Mean-looking germs surround the group of faces.

Woman leans over a bathroom sink and washes her hands. We can see her reflection in the mirror in front of her.

Man wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck talks to us. Next to him is a green unsure face that sneezes out multiple droplets that are full of germs.

Woman talks to us in front of a blue background with illustrations of hands that have different numbers of fingers held up. Next to her is an illustration of a brown house and a green emoji that looks uncertain with small germs surrounding it.

Woman talks to us in front of a gray background like she's doing an interview. Text reads, “Share best ways to help stay healthy.”

Cartoon shows four pairs of hands in different skin tones all in a circle in front of a background that has illustrations of blue hands holding different numbers of fingers up.

Woman talks to us as she stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of stethoscopes, thermometers, and crosses. Next to her art are two illustrations, one of a group of kids walking in front of a school, and another of a woman watching over two young toddlers as they play.