The Lake County Sheriff's Office employs 27 full time dispatchers. According to this article they rank #2 for stress tolerance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-14-most-stressful-jobs-in-america-171029957.html. As of October 31, 2013 they answered 196,270 incoming calls. Of the total calls, 52,075 were 911 calls.
You can help us reduce the stress our dispatchers experience by following a few suggestions when calling 911: remain on the phone (even if you dialed accidentally), know your location, don't allow children to play with phones (every phone with a battery has the capability of dialing 911), remain calm and answer the dispatchers questions.
