Utah NENA

This summer has tested Utah in every direction. Wildfires have threatened homes and communities across our state. Now, many of those same areas are facing flash flooding, washed-out roads, and rapidly changing emergencies. While the disasters may change, one thing never does… The voice behind the headset. Behind every evacuation, every road closure, every rescue, and every call for help is a 9-1-1 professional working to bring order to chaos. Dispatchers are coordinating first responders, answering frightened callers, adapting to rapidly evolving incidents, and doing it all with calm professionalism—even when the next call could change everything. To every Utah dispatcher: WE SEE YOU. We know these prolonged incidents are exhausting. We know the emotional and mental weight doesn’t disappear when the shift ends. Please remember that you are not carrying it alone. Utah NENA is here for you. Whether your center needs support, resources, outreach, or simply someone to listen, our dispatch family stands ready to help however we can. Take care of yourselves. Lean on one another. Ask for help when you need it. There is strength in this profession, and there is strength in each other. Thank you for continuing to answer every call, no matter what the forecast brings. 💛💛💛

🚨 The ENP club just got a little stronger! 🚨 Utah NENA is fired up to congratulate Brad Morris, Tech Services Manager at VECC, on officially earning his Emergency Number Professional (ENP) designation! 🎉👏 Anyone who’s been through the ENP process knows it isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s hours of studying, dedication to the profession, and willingly choosing stress… on purpose. (As dispatchers, we’re apparently into that sort of thing. 😅) Brad’s accomplishment represents a commitment to excellence, leadership, and making 9-1-1 better for every telecommunicator, responder, and community we serve. From all of us at Utah NENA—we’re incredibly proud of you! Congratulations on joining the ranks of Utah’s ENPs and thank you for investing in the future of emergency communications. Now go enjoy not having to study tonight… at least until the next certification. 😉 💙 Congratulations, Brad!

🎉 Congratulations to Utah NENA’s Vice President, Tasha, on being selected as a recipient of a GoldLine Scholarship! This incredible scholarship provided the opportunity to attend the NENA Conference & Expo in Columbus, Ohio, without placing a financial burden on her agency. Opportunities like these help ensure that passionate telecommunicators can continue to grow, learn, and bring valuable knowledge back to their teams. Throughout the conference, Tasha explored emerging technologies, leadership development, organizational culture, industry best practices, and innovative ideas that can be applied both personally and within her communications center. We are incredibly grateful that Tasha and so many other deserving telecommunicators, had the chance to experience this opportunity. Investing in our people is an investment in the future of 9-1-1, and we can’t wait to see the positive impact this experience will have here in Utah. Congratulations again, Tasha! We are so proud of you! 💙💛

🚨 Vendor Opportunities Are Now Open! 🚨 Join us at the 2026 APCO/NENA Fall Conference in beautiful Ogden, Utah, October 5–7, 2026 at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center! Connect with public safety communications professionals from across the region, showcase your products and services, and support the growth of the 9-1-1 community. ✨ Dedicated vendor show hours ✨ Networking with industry leaders and decision-makers 📍 Ogden Eccles Conference Center 📅 October 5–7, 2026 Scan the QR code on the graphic to reserve your booth and learn more! #UtahAPCO #UtahNENA #911Dispatch #FallConference #EveryDisciplineOneTeam

🚨✈️ Roll Call, Utah! ✈️🚨 National NENA is almost here, and we want to know… 👀 Who is heading to Columbus? Whether you’re attending your first National NENA conference or you’re basically a frequent flyer on the conference circuit, drop a comment and let us know! 👇 Tell us: 📍 Your agency 🎉 How many National NENAs you’ve attended ☕ Your conference survival strategy (coffee, energy drinks, sheer stubbornness, or all of the above) Bonus points if you tell us what you’re most excited about: 🎤 Speakers 🤝 Networking 📚 Education sessions 🛍️ Vendor swag 🍻 After-hours adventures 🦆 Collecting enough freebies to make TSA ask questions Let’s see how strong Utah’s presence will be in Columbus! 🇺🇸🏔️ Tag your coworkers who are going so nobody gets left behind at the airport. 😉 #UtahNENA #NationalNENA2026 #ThrivingTogether #911Professionals #SeeYouInColumbus

Today we remember the heroes who never made it home. The ones who answered the call, stood the line, served something bigger than themselves… and paid the ultimate price for it. Memorial Day is so much more than a long weekend. It’s a reminder that freedom has always come at a cost carried by brave men and women and the families who loved them. Today we honor the fallen. We remember their sacrifice. And we promise they will never be forgotten. 🇺🇸

🚨 LAST CALL(ish) FOR PAPERS 🚨 The deadline to submit for the Utah APCO & NENA Fall Conference is coming in HOT. 👀 🗓️ June 1st is right around the corner, which means your “I’ll do it tomorrow” era is running out of road. The conference heads to Ogden, Utah | October 5–7, 2026, and we’re looking for real voices from every corner of emergency communications. Got a session idea? A story that taught you something the hard way? A training concept, leadership lesson, wellness topic, tech success/failure, or “here’s what worked for us” moment? We want it. Not perfect PowerPoints. Not polished conference-speaker energy. Just real people sharing real experiences that help move this profession forward. ✨ Every discipline. One team. ✨ Submit your proposal here: https://lnkd.in/g9UgDutx Don’t wait until 2358 on June 1st while stress-eating gas station snacks and questioning your life choices. We already know how dispatchers operate. 💀🎧 #UtahAPCO #UtahNENA #CallForPapers #911Dispatch #EmergencyCommunications

To the moms behind the headset, the aunts, bonus moms, grandmas, sisters… the women who raised us, stood beside us, and became part of our village without ever being asked to… Happy Mother’s Day from Utah NENA 💛🎧 Today we celebrate the women who somehow do it all. The mom’s answering 9-1-1 calls while running on little sleep and carrying the weight of both work and home. The women comforting strangers through chaos while missing holidays, dinners, bedtime stories, and moments they can never get back. The aunties and bonus moms who step in without hesitation. The grandmas, sisters, coworkers, and friends who become family somewhere between midnight shifts, caffeine runs, and surviving hard calls together. Because in dispatch… family isn’t always blood. Sometimes it’s the woman sitting next to you at 3AM handing you caffeine and dark humor after the worst call of your life. Sometimes it’s the coworker checking on your kids while you’re stuck on overtime. Sometimes it’s the woman who quietly notices you’re not okay before you even say a word. And to the moms who raised us to be strong, compassionate, resilient humans, thank you. Thank you for teaching us how to keep going when life gets hard. For being the calm in our storms long before we ever became the calm in someone else’s. This job takes a special kind of heart. Motherhood does too. Today we honor every woman who nurtures, protects, supports, encourages, and loves fiercely. 🫶🏻 #HappyMothersDay #UtahNENA #HumanizingTheHeadset #ThrivingTogether #StrengthBehindTheHeadset

May is Mental Health Awareness Month… and in 9-1-1… this isn’t just a post. It’s personal. Because behind every calm, controlled voice on that line— there’s a human being absorbing chaos in real time. You hear panic… and answer with calm. You hear screams… and become the steady voice. You hear silence… and somehow that’s the one that stays with you the longest. And when the line disconnects? It doesn’t disconnect for you. It follows you home. It sits in the quiet. It shows up in the middle of the night. It replays… over and over… asking questions no one can answer. “Did I miss something?” “Could I have done more?” “Are they okay?” We are trained to hold it together, to be composed, professional, unshaken. But nobody teaches you what to do when the weight of everyone else’s worst day starts becoming part of yours. So let’s say it; clearly, loudly, and without apology: You are not weak for feeling this. You are not dramatic for carrying this. You are human. And you were never meant to carry it alone. Check on your people, really check. Sit in the uncomfortable conversations. Make space for the hard truths. Say “I’m not okay” without brushing it off with a joke. Because the strongest voices in this profession are often the quietest about their own pain. This job will take everything you’re willing to give it, and then ask for more. But it should never take you. 🫶🏻 Thriving Together. 🎧 Humanizing the Headset. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #HumanizingTheHeadset #911Dispatchers #UtahNENA #ThrivingTogether

🚨🎧 NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK 🎧🚨 Next week, we recognize the voices behind the headset—the calm in the chaos, the steady in the storm, the ones who never get to hang up when it gets hard. You are the first, first responders. You are the unseen lifeline. And you deserve to be celebrated. 💛 So let’s celebrate. 👀👇 ⚾ NIGHT AT THE BEES GAME ⚾ 🗓 Next Thursday 4/16/2026 ⏰ First pitch: 6:35 PM Come out, hang out, and spend a night with people who get it. No CAD, no radios, maybe a little chaos… just baseball, laughs, and your 911 family. 🎟 Tickets are available through GovX for the best rate. http://www.govx.com/events Bring your coworkers. Bring your people. Bring the ones who kept you sane on your worst shift. Let’s fill the stands with dispatchers who deserve a night off. #UtahNENA #NPSTW #911Strong #HumanizingTheHeadset #BeesBaseball