They are emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs). During April 13–19, let’s take a symbolic pause and celebrate these headset heroes as part of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW).

Top 15 Phone Faux Pas Sending a text to the wrong person - 61% Making an unintentional phone call (pocket dial) -34% Accidental typos (for ducks sake!) - 29% Dropping your phone in public - 24% ...

Whether this is a pocket dial or the start of a dropped call remains up for interpretation. Verizon’s stock slipped 0.5% in recent mid-day trading, continuing a trend of lukewarm investor sentiment.

Research from Sky Mobile has lifted the lid on the most cringe-worthy mobile moments for Brits. From social media slip-ups to the classic pocket dial, the research reveals the top 15 mobile mishaps ...

The 22-year-old University of Lincoln law graduate found himself drowning in rejection notices faster than a BigLaw partner bills hours, with his 2023 diploma proving about as helpful as a pocket dial ...

Demonstrate How to Physically Make the Call Show your child exactly how to dial 911 on different devices they might ... Role-play conversations with a dispatcher, teaching your child to answer ...

Rugby league great Cameron Smith has labelled the NRL’s new high contact crackdown as an ‘overreaction’. “To see some of the tackles that have been made, I don’t know what else the game wants the ...

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Reinforce that they should never hang up until the dispatcher instructs them to do so. Lansing dispatchers offer a practice session for children to dial 911 using the non-emergency number ...

His mother attempted to call back, but he texted back saying it was a “pocket dial”. Thijssen left his home at 11am. Killer Paul Thijssen. Picture: Supplied. Thijssen and Ms James were seen ...

Maurice Franklin Jacks, 62, of Huntingtown, was arrested after repeatedly calling Calvert County emergency dispatchers asking for a ride—and then hanging up each time, according to the Calvert County ...