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28 Cards in this Set
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Alarm Assignment
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Predetermined number of fire units assigned to respond to an emergency.
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Automatic Location Identification (ALI)
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Enhanced 9-1-1 feature that displays the address of the party calling 9-1-1 on a screen for use by the public safety telecommunicator. This feature is also used to route calls to the appropriate public safety answering point (PSAP) and can even store information in its database regarding the appropriate emergency services (police, fire, and medical) that respond to that address.
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Citizens Band (CB) Radio
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Low-power radio transceiver that operates on frequencies authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for public use with no license requirement.
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Clear Text
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Use of plain English, including certain standard words and phrases, in radio communications transmissions.
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National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)
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One of the main sources of information (data, statistics) about fires in the United States; under NFIRS, local fire departments collect fire incident data and send these to a state coordinator; the state coordinator develops statewide fire incident data and also forwards information to the USFA; begun by FEMA.
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Pager
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Compact radio receiver used for providing one-way communications.
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Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)
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Any location or facility at which 9-1-1 calls are answered either by direct calling, rerouting, or diversion.
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___% og the population has 911 access, __% of which have advanced 911
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93, 95
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ANI
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phone number identification
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ALI
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Location Identifier
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required info for a dispatcher on a 911 call
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where, whats the emergency, how many patients? name, location, callback number, address
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enroute refers to a code __ and responding refers to a code __
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2,3
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on scene/ at scene
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At the location vs at the incident
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in service
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ready for next call immediately
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available
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ready for next call, not necessarrily immediatelyt
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radio frequenciues used by fire service are
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VHF high band, VHF low band, UHF and 800 :meg", 900 "meg"
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simplex radio system
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car to car or direct, uses one frequency to send and receive
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uses two frequencies(on in and one out) to retransmit a signal, typically located somewhere high up
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repeater
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two people can talk simultaneously(two frequencies, one in and one out)
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full duplex
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frequency
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numerical value, part of the radio spectrum
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nets
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assigned use of frequency, several nets can share same frequency
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Five common nets
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Command, Tactical, Support, Air-Ground, Air-Air
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Command net
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links command to staff, use repeater capable,
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Tactical net
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ground operations, usually direct (line of sight),
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Support net
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used for incident ordering and update, repeater capable, usually includes dispatch
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Air-Ground
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Links tactical nets to air
Air only, nobody from ground allowed on this net |
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Hold the micrphone __-__ inches from your mouth at a __degree angle
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1-2", 45 degrees
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Pre-empting device which triggers traffic light to turn green
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opti-com
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