Hey guys,

I've been looking for games where you act as the dispatcher. I think it would be a lot of fun facing the challenge of managing units and stuff. If anyone knows of anything similar I'd appreciate it.

1 hour ago, McAwesome6934 said:

Hey guys,

I've been looking for games where you act as the dispatcher. I think it would be a lot of fun facing the challenge of managing units and stuff. If anyone knows of anything similar I'd appreciate it.

www.lstsim.de

German game but works fine, altho it only supports medical things.

Emergency series is kinda dispatch but still loads of managing

Dunno if this works: but I found a shit ton just by using Google:

 

http://www.fire911.net/

1 hour ago, berry said:

Dunno if this works: but I found a shit ton just by using Google:

 

http://www.fire911.net/

I already tried that site and it doesn't work. I too tried google, however it didn't warrant any results that worked or what I am looking for. Thanks anyways though.

1 hour ago, eevee911 said:

www.lstsim.de

German game but works fine, altho it only supports medical things.

Emergency series is kinda dispatch but still loads of managing

I like that German sim, but google translate just doesn't do a good enough job, and I don't plan on learning German anytime soon lol. Emergency is probably my best bet, I've played it before, I was just looking for something different.. doesn't look like there is anything though :'''/ lol. 

Emergency 4/911  First Responders is a great game with a ton of mods for it with many cities represented.

Check of Police Simulator 2.

I've played a long time ago the first one and I liked it, I hope the sequel is even better. Check out some youtube videos before buying. It might not be your cup of tea.

911:FR is definitely a good choice, even though you have to micromanage everything. My favorite mod was the Manhattan mod, probably the most ambitious mod ever made for the game, that's why it always crashed after a while :)). Although there was one stable version (maybe v2) and Brooklyn mod also worked great. Very impressive work so be sure to check it out. Unfortunately the mod suffered a major setback, they were very close to a new release but one of the people who made the vehicle models requested that his work not to be used in the new version. 

On 11/12/2015, 11:11:17, fiskey111 said:

Emergency 4/911  First Responders is a great game with a ton of mods for it with many cities represented.

Seconded for this exact game.

 

You can find it on Steam for $5 under 911: First Responders

Edited November 13, 201510 yr by Straypuft

Yeah, I've spent a lot of hours playing EM4 over the years, I just want something w/o the micromanaging. I guess I can only fantasize and redownload EM4 again lol. Thanks for the replies, guys.

I'm a dispatcher in real life... and trust me you don't want to be a dispatcher, lol.

54 minutes ago, SgtSpook said:

I'm a dispatcher in real life... and trust me you don't want to be a dispatcher, lol.

Why is that? I always thought it's a honorable job where you can directly assist people in need and make a difference. I assume you have good day and bad days just like any other job. How frequent do you get prank calls or have to deal with nutjobs and does the law in your country punish those who abuse the emergency phone number?

On 11/15/2015, 6:37:52, BogdanM said:

Why is that? I always thought it's a honorable job where you can directly assist people in need and make a difference. I assume you have good day and bad days just like any other job. How frequent do you get prank calls or have to deal with nutjobs and does the law in your country punish those who abuse the emergency phone number?

I guess he's probably a telephone dispatch instead of a radio operator,who doesn't need to be involved in real callers.

9 hours ago, GoldMeteora said:

I guess he's probably a telephone dispatch instead of a radio operator,who doesn't need to be involved in real callers.

I talked to a local (county) EMS dispatcher recently; he said he hates his job but he gets paid to do it. The police dispatchers I've met are volunteers and seem indifferent.

10 hours ago, GoldMeteora said:

I guess he's probably a telephone dispatch instead of a radio operator,who doesn't need to be involved in real callers.

You would be incorrect. I am an a dispatcher for Police, Fire and EMS. I take both non-emergency and 911 calls as well as communicate over the radio, many times doing both at the same time. As well as take care of public records, people that walk into my lobby and often times do the officer's jobs for them when it comes to simple things (such as looking up phone numbers, calling people for them, looking up information in the CAD, everything an officer is more than capable of doing on their own)

And to further on that, people are not educated on how to properly use 911. Your dog running away is not a life, limb or property threatening emergency. That's just one example of the many things people call 911 for.

1 hour ago, unr3al said:

I talked to a local (county) EMS dispatcher recently; he said he hates his job but he gets paid to do it. The police dispatchers I've met are volunteers and seem indifferent.

Fire departments are a giant pain in the ass. They always want everything perfect and many policies are ridiculous, so I can see that.

 

I'm saying you do not want to be a dispatcher because you are under appreciated, make shit money for all the work you do and get treated like shit by both the public and those that you work with. On top of all that, going along with the under appreciated aspect of the work, we hardly receive any additional, usually important training because command staff and administration doesn't think we "need" to have it. I just today went and got certified in Crisis Negotiation today. I was fortunate in that I work for a smaller department and I had the chance to go. I mean how do dispatchers not "need" training on crisis negotiation or active shooters when we are often the very first person that the suspect will talk to in an incident.

This may not be everywhere but every dispatcher from other agencies I've talked to feels the same way. Many agencies no longer have in-house dispatch services, and are in centralized dispatch centers and are responsible for many departments (Two near me are both responsible for over 20 Fire and Police agencies). I'm fortunate that I work in an agency that only dispatches for one department.

My point is, it's not what you see on TV. Many times with 911 Calls they are cellular and we truly have no idea where the caller is at. There has been many times I've been pranked and there was nothing I could do because it was a deactivated phone with no good call back number and no location. 

I could go on and on about the cons of dispatching. Not to say there isn't some good in it, because there is, but generally most days are not *good* days. I'm fortunate I have a job however I can't wait until I finish my academy and get out on the road and out of the radio room.

 

The job wouldn't be as bad if the general public knew how to correctly use the 911 system, learn real emergencies from things that aren't, if officers had to spend a week dispatching so they would cut their attitudes on the radio and not ask stupid questions (that happens a lot), if the fire department could get a grip on things and not have to have EVERYTHING REPEATED BACK TO THEM because they can never hear it the first time... I mean I could go on and on for real. I love helping people that need help, don't get me wrong. It's just the shear stupidity from those that don't truly need help, or an officer's attitude or the Fire Chief's nasty-gram because I made one SIMPLE mistake that make it miserable to come to work every day. I WISH I didn't feel like this and I WISH that I could help make necessary changes to make life better for everyone that works in public safety.

Edited November 18, 201510 yr by SgtSpook