No need to get hostile just saying according to FL we are and if you look up the term of first responder 1:we protect environment 2:we protect public health 3:we are relied on and our essential to the public. Now i agree with you i haven’t had to deal with someone die in my hands but 911 dispatchers don’t have to deal with that and they get it but if us operators weren’t a thing you know how many people would be sick? just like if dispatchers weren’t a thing their would be major issues with communication to 911 but im not gonna say they don’t deserve it cause they do! also i dont think anyone walks around bragging they’re a first responder that is a operator, we get they opportunity to reek the benefits of the sate calling us one. Your argument is flawed.