Chapter 2 Quiz

Which federal agency issues radio licenses to fire departments that operate radio equipment?

Federal communications commission FCC

Everyone at an emergency scene should follow two basic communication rules: the sender should identify themselves in every transmission and the receiver should

acknowledge the message

Radios used in fixed locations such as fire stations, telecommunications centers, training centers, or administrative offices are referred to as

base station radios

Remote ares or locations inside structures that cause the loss of cellular telephone service or radio signals are known as

dead zones

Enhanced 911 systems provide dispatchers with information such as the callers location, phone number and

directions to the callers location

The power of the transmitter and receiver and the height of the brodcast and receiving antennas determine the

distance a radio signal will travel

Which method of alerting fire department members of an emergency alert the member by tone, light and or vibration and can be sent to specific frequencies?

pagers

A central location that takes all emergency calls and routes the call to the fire, emergency medical, or law enforcement dispatcher is a

public safety answering point

When answering nonermergnecy phones calls, remember to be professional and courteous because you are:

representing your department

Individuals who are trained to receive, process, and dispatch emergency calls are known as

telecommunications

Once emergency has been reported, the information must be

transmitted to responding units