Happy National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to all of the Emergency Medical Dispatchers, Telecommunicators, and voices on the line - You are the true front lines of Public Safety! This is the 30th anniversary of NPSTW (It was started in 1981 by Patricia Anderson at the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Department in California) and it's 20th year as being federally recognized (Signed by President Clinton in 1991). Stay tuned for more cool facts this week and please, don't forget to thank your dispatcher!