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35 Cards in this Set
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How can the communications center of a fire department be characterized |
As the hub of the department |
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What does the voice recording system in a communications center typically record |
Phone and radio traffic |
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What is the generally accepted time lapse between a call reaching the communications center and the units actually being dispatched |
One Minute |
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How should the emergency telephone number 911 be pronounced |
nine one one |
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if a caller is reporting a medical condition what instructions might the telecommunicator provide |
To do some first aid steps based on the reported patient condition |
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Name acharacterizations best describe the communications center of a fire departmetn |
A physical location |
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What does the G stand for in GPS |
Global |
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What is one type of data that an activity logging system at a communications center would capture |
Time of radio transmissions |
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What is the term for the process of actually alerting the selected units to respond and transmitting the information to them |
Dispatch |
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Some communities have implemented a system similar to 911 but for non emergency calls what number does the public dial in these systems |
three one one 311 |
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______ have been professionally trained to work in public safety communications environment |
telecommunicators |
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Which nfpa standard covers the installation, maintenance and use of emergency services communications systems and govern the design and construction of a fire department or public safety communications center |
1221 |
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A cad system can also look up addresses and determine the _____ fire stations in order of response for any location |
Closest |
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Monitoring the level of coverage and managing the deployment of available units is one of the basic services provided by a |
Communications center |
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There are ____ major steps in processing an emergency incident |
5 |
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public ____________ are usually connected by networks of dedicated cables that transmitted the alarm signals to a fire department facility and to individual fire stations |
Fire Alarm Boxes |
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Most enhanced 911 systems have features that can help the telecommunicators obtain identifying information. these features are known as |
A N I and A L I |
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There are how many types of fire service radio's |
Three
Personal Mobile base |
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Most fire departments use______ for radio communications |
Plain English |
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The______ at an incident- weather a fire fighter or officers should always give a brief initial radio report and establish command as described in the incident |
First arriving unit |
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Update that includes type of operation and the progress of incident and need for additional resources |
Time Marks |
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Code indicating that a fire fighter is lost, missing or requires immediate assistance |
mayday |
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A radio channel using one frequency |
Simplex channel |
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A radio channel that bypasses a repeater system |
Talk around Channel
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A radio channel using two frequencies |
Duplex Channel |
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what does ANI stand for |
automatic number identification |
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Assigning a response category is based on the nature of the reported problem or |
Dispatch directive |
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Central processing point for all information relating to an emergency incident is the |
communications center |
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The first arriving unit at an incident should always give a brief initial report and |
Establish Command |
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Urgent messages that take priority over all other communications are |
Emergency Traffic |
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A group of shared frequencies controlled by computer is called a |
Trucking system |
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A call box connects a person directly to a |
Telecommunicator |
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an _______ Signal warns all personnel to pull back to safe location |
Evacuation |
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What does TDD stand for |
Telecommunications device for the deaf |
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What does TTY stand for and do |
stands for Teletype. Displays text |