About the Course
This session focuses on navigating the ethical challenges faced by public officials and first responders. Tracy Eldridge, ENP, will discuss ethics in this context, emphasizing core principles like integrity, fairness, respect, confidentiality, and impartiality. The class explores your instructor’s personal ethics journey, illustrating the distinction between errors of ignorance and intention through a real-life case study. Key areas of potential ethical violations are discussed, including the misuse of privileged information, falsification of documentation, and other conflicts of interest.
Your Instructor
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Tracy Eldridge
Tracy Eldridge launched her own company and podcast "On Scene First"� after 25 years and counting in public safety. On Scene First focuses on educating public safety professionals on must-have technology tools and mental health resources to help save lives on both sides of the call. From dispatcher to chief dispatcher, Tracy spent many years serving her community in rural Massachusetts. Tracy still serves as a call firefighter/EMT on her local call fire department and is a lead instructor of their Fire/EMS Explorer post.Tracy spent four years at RapidSOS where she played a pivotal role in the delivery of device-based locations to 9-1-1 and field responders.With a passion for public speaking, Tracy has also been recognized nationally for her efforts to train telecommunicators and bringing awareness to PTSD and public safety through conference training sessions, webinars, and keynote presentations.In 2020, Tracy was proudly named the NG911 Institute "Industry Professional of the Year."�