ESTA’s Nick 'The Baby Whisperer' Smith features in this I AM 000 podcast. This episode includes excerpts from the experienced dispatcher and call-taker’s phone call helping to deliver baby Moama Hill, with dad Jarrod’s assistance.

When the expectant parents Emma and Jarrod suddenly faced the reality of delivering their own baby on the bathroom floor, they called triple zero and spoke to Nick Smith. Nick’s assistance with the delivery of Moana is his twentieth successful delivery of newborns since starting work with ESTA.

I AM 000 is recorded on Boon Wurrung land and we acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we live and work and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture and acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging.

Nick the Baby Whisperer

On the 7 February 2009, what became known as the Black Saturday fires began. Over the following week, the state was ravaged by one of the worst fires in its history. ESTA’s fire operators recall their experiences on Black Saturday and in the days that followed.

Black Saturday: memories of a fire operator

‘I AM 000’ is a podcast produced by Victoria’s triple zero service, the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA). It gives rare access to real life triple zero calls and the people behind them. You will hear from the callers, patients, triple zero operators and emergency services, sharing their stories and experiences from each case.

Nick the Baby Whisperer

I AM 000

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