Fire Communications Flashcards

0
Q

Who provides an overview of communications and equipment?

A

Dispatch or fire alarm dispatch

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1
Q

What reference states that all fire 1 should be qualified in fire communications?

A

NFPA 1001

Standard for fire fighter professional qualifications

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2
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What is the role of a telecommunicator

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Relays all communications for emergency and relaying appropriate responses within 1 min

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PSAP

Public safety answering point

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Forwards emergency calls to the station and in duty officer who takes he role as dispatcher

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4
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Telecommunicators stay in contact with who?

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IC

Incident commander

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5
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Skills needed for a telecommunicator includes

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Basic reading skills
Basic writing skills
Ability to speak clearly
Ability to follow written and verbal instructions

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6
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What is a CAD?

Computer aided dispatch

A

System containing sophisticated mapping displays

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7
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Communication center

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Is the nerve center of emergency response, the point which nearly all information is processed and acted upon

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8
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The public telephone system

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Is the most wildly used method for transmitting fire alarms

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9
Q

Commercial phone system

A

Accesses the public network

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10
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Direct lines

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Don’t not have access to public switch rather a single network with no dial tone

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11
Q

Telecommunications device for deaf

A

Text phone

TDD TTY

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12
Q

What types of radios are with mobile and individuals

A

Mobile radios

Portable radios

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13
Q

Voice recorders

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Document emergency telephone calls radio traffic and dispatch information

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14
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How many types of voice recorders are there?

A

2
The continuous
The intermittent

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15
Q

Radio log

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Is the traditional means of recording emergency transmissions at the Telecommunicators center

16
Q

As a dispatcher what do you ask if it is safe for the caller too do so?

A

Name
Location if different than incident
Callback number
Address

17
Q

Public alerting systems

A

Systems that may be used by anyone to report an emergency

18
Q

Called party hold

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Is a featured that allows a telecommunicator to maintain access to a callers phone line

19
Q

Forced disconnect

A

Reverse of call party for Telecommunicators

20
Q

Ring back

A

Allows call back if the caller hangs up

21
Q

Enhanced 9-11

A

Combine telephone and CADs to provide a callers location and number and directions to the caller and information about the address

22
Q

What is the emergency frequency

A

CB channel 9

23
Q

Radio alarm box

A

Call box

Or emergency telephones

24
Q

NIMS

National incident management systems

A

Policy utilizing clear txt instead of 10 codes

25
Q

PAR

A

Count ability report

26
Q

USFA

United States fire administration

A

Outlines how to fill out a incident report

27
Q

NFIRS

A

PC system to transfers incident reports

28
Q

Local energy systems

A

Auxiliary alarm system within an occupancy

29
Q

Shunt

A

Municipal alarm circuit extends to protected property

30
Q

Parallel telephone

A

Do not interconnect

31
Q

Remote station

A

Codes linked to the dispatcher