Cuyahoga Community CollegeBecome a Dispatcher in Just 12 Weeks
New! Complete our Dispatch Communications course at the Brunswick University Center.
Considering a new career as a dispatcher? Tri-C® can provide you with the skills and training you need in police, fire and emergency medical dispatching.
Course Features
- Single and multiple simulated calls with scenarios in law, fire and EMS using dispatch software
- Map-reading exercises
- Keyboarding; listening and responding to actual calls
- Skill-building exercises using computer-aided dispatch (CAD)
- Emergency medical dispatch training
- Skills assessment to prepare for dispatcher civil service exam
- Specialty training in Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate (A.L.I.C.E.)
- Incident Command System training with FEMA ICS 100
Dispatch Communications at Brunswick (CRN 32116)
- Jan. 18 – April 2 (Orientation Jan. 11; no class Jan. 20)
- Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.*
- Finals week: March 28-29
- Application deadline is Jan. 6.
Program Cost: $1,500**
*Brunswick class will join evening activities March 30-April 2 at the KeyBank Public Safety Training Center on the Western Campus.
**Program cost includes class uniform shirt, textbook, class materials and certification test fee and is subject to change without notice.