Welcome to my web site.

My name is Caroline Burau, and I’m a writer of books and a dispatcher of emergencies.

May 7, 2009:

Night shift in the summertime. Sometimes, if I concentrate real hard, I can remember normal sleep patterns.

I’ll be okay; I’ve had enough coffee to fuel a small airplane. God bless nightshifters, concious or un.

April 29, 2009:

Just returned from a speaking engagement at APCO North Central Regional Conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin. 

Thanks to all who came to see me! A fantastic audience.

Jim and I made it back a couple hours late after taking an unscheduled trip through Albert Lea. It’s amazing what can happen when perfectly competent dispatchers fail to check their maps . . . 

Blessings!

Caroline

Coming up: 

I’ll be speaking at the 2009 APCO Summer Conference in Wenatchee, Washington, which is scheduled for June 24-26, 2009. Find more details on that at http://www.apcowa.org/events.htm

I’d love to see you there. If you don’t come to see me, then at least come for the food and to see what other 911 dispatchers really look like. Surprisingly lifelike.