Essential workers always on the clock

In Evanston and the surrounding area, each major holiday will be a day off for people in most industries; however, there are many for whom that is not the case. These essential workers alter their holiday plans in order to keep the community running.

Among these essential workers are emergency dispatchers like Destany Thomas. Thomas and her seven co-workers work between eight- and twelve-hour shifts, holidays included. “We take all emergent and non-emergent calls for Uinta County and help provide life-saving measures for medical calls,” said Thomas. They send the proper units to each call, sometimes multiple at a time, and do significant amounts of paperwork.