Chapter 4: Fire Service Communications

Question 1

Base station radios are:

Answer 1

Radios permanently mounted in a building

Question 2

What does 3 blasts of an apparatus air horn mean during a structure fire?

Answer 2

Evacuate immediately

Question 3

What are TTY/TTD systems for?

Answer 3

Devices that allow speech and hearing impaired citizens to communicate over the phone

Question 4

What does TTY/TDD stand for?

Answer 4

TTY - Teletype
TTD - Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

Question 5

What does ANI stand for?

Answer 5

Automatic Number Identification

Question 6

What does the ANI feature of enhanced 9-1-1 do?

Answer 6

Show the caller’s phone number

Question 7

Simplex channel

Answer 7

A radio channel that transmits and receives signals on the same frequency

Question 8

What does CAD stand for?

Answer 8

Computer-Aided Dispatch

Question 9

What are the five steps of receiving and dispatching emergency calls

Answer 9

1. Call receipt
2. Location validation
3. Classification and prioritization
4. Unit selection
5. Dispatch

Question 10

What does PSAP stand for?

Answer 10

Public Safety Answering Point

Question 11

What is a PSAP used for?

Answer 11

Serves and dispatches multiple or single agencies

Question 12

Portable radios

Answer 12

Hand-held two-way radio that is small enough to carry

Question 13

Trunked radios

Answer 13

A computerized shared bank of frequencies

Question 14

Mobile radios

Answer 14

Two-way radio permanently mounted in a vehicle

Question 15

What is another term for communication center dispatchers?

Answer 15

Telecommunicators

Question 16

Common word used to request assistance when a fire fighter is lost, missing, or requires assistance

Answer 16

Mayday

Question 17

What NFPA standard contains a complete list of qualifications for telecommunicators?

Answer 17

1061

Question 18

What does ALI stand for?

Answer 18

Automatic Location Identification

Question 19

What does an ALI system show?

Answer 19

Callers location