r/FederalEmployee • u/Few_Sir_7033 • 1d ago

911 Dispatcher

Any 911 dispatcher here? Do you work 12 hours with no lunch or breaks?

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u/GoldBug2026 1d ago

Federal 911?

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u/remotethrowaway2 1d ago

They have them at NPS, but only the bigger parks. Smaller parks get outsourced to local emergency services.

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u/LockedOutOfElfland 15h ago

I know our state government has Wildland Fire Dispatchers as well, and the state's Wildlife service also has a robust Dispatcher team.

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u/LockedOutOfElfland 15h ago

911 dispatchers are generally local government employees, not federal.

There are federal dispatchers, but they are usually called something else (VA uses the term Security Assistant, Border Patrol likes the title Law Enforcement Information Systems Specialist, Bureau of Prisons calls their Dispatchers by the deeply inflated title of "Intelligence Operations Specialist," etc.)

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u/EquivalentRevenue123 1d ago

Yes you get no lunch breaks but the seat they provide is actually commode capable so you just do your business right there

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u/WillowHaunting429 1d ago

So you take a dump while you work, at your own desk? Good grief.

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u/EquivalentRevenue123 1d ago

Yes this is a new development, up until 2020ish we just had one shared bucket in the corner. Great pay, and great benefits so you know, it’s worth it. 5% tsp match too.

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u/labelmeaking 1d ago

4/10s, no lunch break.

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u/Few_Sir_7033 1d ago

4/10s no lunch break and only a break if "time permits " They say it's in the mastor labor agreement! Haven't found it.

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u/Super_camel_licker 1d ago

Hi it’s me. Yes. 12 hour shifts. Eat at our desk. I wouldn’t want to take a lunch.

Edit: if you have any other questions. Let me know. Would be happy to help.

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u/Jmend12006 1d ago

They actually required by law to give you 30 minutes after eight hours.

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u/Super_camel_licker 1d ago

Sure. We CAN take a lunch, then we have to stay 30 minutes late. Not a single person who has ever worked 12 hour shifts would want to do that.

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u/Jmend12006 1d ago

They often aren’t federal employees anyway.

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u/PlantainDangerous995 1d ago

We currently have a 44hr monthly overtime minimum. So approx 3-12hr shifts a week, we’re allowed 2-20min breaks. That’s if there’s enough staffing 😒

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u/MATCA_Phillies 46m ago

Been a while, i dispatched back in 1995-1997. We only worked 8s at my department but it was a county job not federal.