A woman who was having trouble breathing called the ambulance dispatcher, who twice told her to breathe into a paper bag.

Just court interpreters, police officers, ambulance dispatchers and other safety officials would be exempt.

In another, an ambulance dispatcher asked, "How could you have a big building like that and no way to get out of it?"

The ambulance dispatcher hung up, but the original operator stayed on the line with Mr. Biegeleisen.

The room at CareFlight looks like an ambulance dispatcher's room.

During these years, Grady also established its own dedicated ambulance dispatchers and radio system.

"It looks as if the fall-guy has gone down, Steve," he murmured while Colman called the ambulance dispatcher on another panel.

This occurred slowly at first, with local initiatives and full-time ambulance dispatchers making best guesses.

Another measure, which takes effect Jan. 1, will require ambulance dispatchers to report response times to the county.

Both the director Martin Scorsese and Queen Latifah provided the voice of the ambulance dispatchers.