Fire Service Communications

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One of the necessary traits or personal characteristics of a telecommunicator is that they have to form conclusions from disassociated facts.

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True

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CAD stands for: Custom-Aided Dispatch, Computer-Alerted Dispatch, Custom-Alerted Dispatch, Computer-Aided Dispatch

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Computer-Aided Dispatch

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Calls to the dispatch center by wireless (cellular) phones display the home address on the Telecommunicator's computer screen.

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True

Front

Which statement is true about radios equipment in the fire service? Base radios are permanently installed in a station or dispatch center, mobile radios are installed in vehicles, and portable radios carried by the individual firefighter.

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Base radios are permanently installed in a station or dispatch center, mobile radios are installed in vehicles, and portable radios carried by the individual firefighter.

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A Simplex radio system uses repeaters to assign transmissions to available frequencies.

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False

Front

Which statement about radio communications is true? Options: Fire units such as an engine or squad do not have to identify themselves in every transmission., Only the first 5 radio frequencies are monitored. , Any unit working at an emergency scene has priority over routine transmissions., Hold the radio/microphone   2 to 3 inches from the mouth. 

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Any unit working at an emergency scene has priority over routine transmissions.

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What is the function of the device in the picture? Options: Alert the Fire Department of an emergency., Alert the occupants of a building there is a fire., Practice fire drills each month., All of the above.

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Alert the occupants of a building there is a fire.

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The Fire/EMS Department will use the radio system in compliance with the ____________________________ rules and regulations.

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Federal Communications Commission

Front

During radio communications, the person who initiates the message using both verbal and nonverbal communication is known as the

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Sender

Front

What is one of the basic rules for firefighters to control communication at an emergency scene?

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The receiver must acknowledge every message by repeating the essence of the message to the sender.