Communications

Question 1

COMMUNICATIONS

Who uses the V-Com system? (9)

Answer 1

1. PRP
2. Region of Peel Works
3. MFES
4. BFES
5. CFES
6. City of Mississauga
7. City of Mississauga transit
8. Brampton Hydro
9. Canadian Boarder Security Agency (CBSA)

Question 2

COMMUNICATIONS

What kind of system is V-Com?

Answer 2

800 megahertz, 21 channel trunked simulcast

Question 3

COMMUNICATIONS

Where is the central hub located?

Answer 3

Police Headquarters 7750 Hurontario street

Question 4

COMMUNICATIONS

What are the advantages to joint communications?(7)

Answer 4

1. Economics
2. Sharing of radio frequencies
3. Sharing cost of infrastructure and maintenance
4. Improved inter-agency communications
5. Improved accesibility
6. Add other agencies to system
7. system accommodates growth

Question 5

COMMUNICATIONS

Who monitors and licenses radio transmissions?

Answer 5

Federal Government, Industry Canada

Question 6

COMMUNICATIONS

What are the strength levels in radio test?

Answer 6

1  - Unreadable
2 - Readable now and then
3 - Readable but with difficulty
4 - Readable
5 - Perfectly Readable

Question 7

COMMUNICATIONS

What is the Phonetic alphabet?

Answer 7

A - ALPHA
B - BRAVO
C - CHARLIE
D - DELTA
E - ECHO
F - FOXTROT
G - GOLF
H - HOTEL
I - INDIA
J - JULIET
K - KILO
L - LIMA
M - MIKE
N - NOVEMBER
O - OSCAR
P - PAPA
Q - QUEBEC
R - ROMEO
S - SIERA
T - TANGO
U - UNIFORM
V - VICTOR
W - WHISKY
X - X-RAY
Y - YANKEE
Z - ZULU

Question 8

COMMUNICATIONS

When transmitting what keep in mind the following?(4)

Answer 8

1. Speed
2. Pitch
3. Rhythm
4. Microphone position (1 inch from mouth)

Question 9

COMMUNICATIONS

When should a radio transmission be repeated back to the caller?

Answer 9

When it contains important information or directions, such as an address, name, time, or other information

Question 10

COMMUNICATIONS

What is the procedure when answering an alarm?(8)

Answer 10

1. Advise comms you are leaving station and destination
2. advise when on scene with short report on the situation
3. report on problem/extent of fire asap, request further assistance or other services if needed
4. First in driver advise comms on the arrival of other services
5. advise comms after each benchmark
6. advise comms when apparatus is available
7. advise comms when leaving the scene
8. advise comms when apparatus is back in station

Question 11

COMMUNICATIONS

What should be done with a radio when it does not test at strength “5”?

Answer 11

Replace the battery, if still not strength “5” it should be tagged defective and take out of service.

Question 12

COMMUNICATIONS

At what point of an alarm are station printouts sent?

Answer 12

Sent by CAD system after channel is assigned

Question 13

COMMUNICATIONS

What are the BFES channels and what are they used for?

Answer 13

Ch5 - Main dispatch
Ch6 - Fire, alarm bells
Ch7 - Medical, rescue, non emergency calls
Ch8 - Overflow
Ch9 - Caledon
Ch11 - BFES Training

Question 14

COMMUNICATIONS

During dispatch how many times is the channel given?

Answer 14

3 - Verbal dispatch, pagers, MDU/Printout.