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Wellness in the Emergency Communication Center

When a teammate has cancer or other long term illness

Sunday, July 27, 2025
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM  
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 301-303
CEU: 1
Wellness in the Emergency Communications Center

    Main Presenter(s)

  • Renee Gordon

    Director
    Department of Emergency and Customer Communications
    Alexandria, Virginia

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • LP

    Lauren Pickeral

    311-911
    City of Alexandria

Two call takers and the director struck with cancer together. Three different generations. Different ways to cope

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the different ways teammates cope with potentially terminally illness and how to support them
  • Learn how important it is to manage stress, eat right, exercise to manage the day to day stress in emergency communications centers
  • Learn when to take the opportunity to show your leadership abilities