Michael Binder has been a Waverly Volunteer Fireman for 19 years and is a third generation volunteer. His volunteerism has included serving as fire chief and he is currently serving as assistant fire chief. All that experience helped when he started working as a 911 dispatcher for the county. “That was three years ago,” he said. “I saw they were hiring and decided to go after it.” He soon learned that getting the job as a dispatcher was not easy. “I had to take a test. In fact there were a lot of tests,” he said. “Each one just moved you up closer to that interview.” He said that his knowledge of this part of the county has helped him with calls, but the one thing he is known for is calming people down.