April 12, 2022
911 Tree of Life with Ty Wooten
Lori Henricksen, director of the emergency telecommunications program for high schoolers at the Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas (Nevada), discusses the creation of her program and the challenges it presents,
For the podcast's 100th episode, Ty Wooten, the IAED’s Director of Governmental Affairs, discusses the 911 Tree of Life, a project developed to recognize remarkable 911 telecommunicators and the difference they make every day in their communities. He talks about why it was a priority to the organizations who created it and what events warrant adding a leaf (spoiler alert, it’s not just the big calls). For Your Information: Add a leaf to the 911 Tree of Life (it doesn’t have to be a save): https://911treeoflife.org/