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18 Cards in this Set
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Emergency service specific to telecommunication center |
Separate telecommunication or dispatch center that fire department, emergency medical service, or law enforcement agency operate |
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Public safety answering point |
Central location that takes all emergency calls and routes the call to fire, emergency medical, or law enforcement dispatcher |
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Information that should be obtained when someone calls 911 |
Type of emergency Location of emergency Number and location of ppl involved Name and location of caller Call back number Cross streets, building name, neighborhood, area of city, nearby landmarks |
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Automatic Location Identification (ALI) |
Enhanced 911 feature that displays the address of the party calling 911 on a screen for use by the public safety dispatcher. This feature is also used to route calls to the appropriate public safety answering point and can even store information and it's data base regarding the appropriate emergency services that respond to that address |
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Global Positioning System |
System for determining position on the earth surface by calculating the difference in time for the signal from a number of satellites to reach a receiver on the ground |
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Radio system classification |
Location- fixed, mobile, or portable
Type of signal- analog or digital
Transmission signal- direct, repeated, or trunked |
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Base station radio |
Fixed, non mobile radio at a central point |
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Intrinsically safe equipment |
Equipment designed and approved for use in flammable atmosphere that is capable of releasing sufficient electric energy to cause the ignition of a flammable atmospheric mixture |
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Clear text |
Use of plain language, including certain standard words and phrases, in radio communication transmissions |
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4 limitations or barriers of radio transmissions |
Distance Physical barriers Interference Ambient noise |
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Interference can come from |
Another radio signal Vehicle ignition Electric motor High voltage transmission lines Computers Equipment that contains micro processors Cellular towers High powered tv and radio sites |
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How to eliminate ambient nouse |
Turn off apparatus if warning sirens are not needed Move away from noise admitting equipment Follow radio procedures Move to a location that blocks noise Use your body or ppe to block noise |
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ABCs of good communication |
A- be Accurate B- Brief C- Concise |
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CARA |
Conditions Actions Resources Air |
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CAN |
Conditions Actions Needs |
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Alarm Assigments |
Predetermined number and type of fire units assigned to respond to an emergency |
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Personal Accountability Report |
Rollcall of units assigned to an incident. The supervisor of each unit reports the status of the personal within the unit at that time usually by radio. A PAR may be required by the standard operating procedures at specific intervals during an incident. |
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National fire incident reporting system |
One of the main sources of information about fires in the United States; under NIFRS local fire departments like fire instant data and send these to a state coordinator; the state coordinator develop state wide buyer instant data and also fours information to the USFA begun by FEMA |
