Fire Communications

Question 0

Who provides an overview of communications and equipment?

Answer 0

Dispatch or fire alarm dispatch

Question 1

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

Answer 1

NFPA 1001

Standard for fire fighter professional qualifications

Question 2

What is the role of a telecommunicator

Answer 2

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

Question 3

PSAP

Public safety answering point

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Telecommunicators stay in contact with who?

Answer 4

IC

Incident commander

Question 5

Skills needed for a telecommunicator includes

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What is a CAD?

Computer aided dispatch

Answer 6

System containing sophisticated mapping displays

Question 7

Communication center

Answer 7

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

Question 8

The public telephone system

Answer 8

Is the most wildly used method for transmitting fire alarms

Question 9

Commercial phone system

Answer 9

Accesses the public network

Question 10

Direct lines

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Telecommunications device for deaf

Answer 11

Text phone

TDD TTY

Question 12

What types of radios are with mobile and individuals

Answer 12

Mobile radios

Portable radios

Question 13

Voice recorders

Answer 13

Document emergency telephone calls radio traffic and dispatch information

Question 14

How many types of voice recorders are there?

Answer 14

2
The continuous
The intermittent

Question 15

Radio log

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Name
Location if different than incident
Callback number
Address

Question 17

Public alerting systems

Answer 17

Systems that may be used by anyone to report an emergency

Question 18

Called party hold

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Forced disconnect

Answer 19

Reverse of call party for Telecommunicators

Question 20

Ring back

Answer 20

Allows call back if the caller hangs up

Question 21

Enhanced 9-11

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What is the emergency frequency

Answer 22

CB channel 9

Question 23

Radio alarm box

Answer 23

Call box

Or emergency telephones

Question 24

NIMS

National incident management systems

Answer 24

Policy utilizing clear txt instead of 10 codes

Question 25

PAR

Answer 25

Count ability report

Question 26

USFA

United States fire administration

Answer 26

Outlines how to fill out a incident report

Question 27

NFIRS

Answer 27

PC system to transfers incident reports

Question 28

Local energy systems

Answer 28

Auxiliary alarm system within an occupancy

Question 29

Shunt

Answer 29

Municipal alarm circuit extends to protected property

Question 30

Parallel telephone

Answer 30

Do not interconnect

Question 31

Remote station

Answer 31

Codes linked to the dispatcher