Fire Service Communications (Chapter 4)
Across
- 2. see public safety communications center
- 7. A repeater that boosts a weak signal and then retransmits it over a different radio band
- 8. A verbal declaration indicating that a firefighter is lost, missing, or trapped, and requires immediate assistance
- 9. A combination of hardware and software that provides data entery, makes resource before, during, and after fire service alarms, preserving records of those alarms and status changes for later analysis
- 13. A distinctive signal intended to be recognized by the occupants as requiring evacuation of the building
- 15. A radio that transmits information via radio waves using digital data or analog signals that have been converted to a digital signal and compressed
Down
- 1. A system of computer software, hardware, data, and personnel to describe information tied to a spatial location
- 3. A stationary radio transceiver with an AC or DC power supply.
- 4. Technology that allows firefighters to receive data while in the fire apparatus or at the station
- 5. A statllite-based navigation system composed of three segments: space, control, and user
- 6. To send resources to an address or incident location for a specific purpose
- 10. An urgent message, such as a call for help or evacuation, transmitted over a radio that takes precedence over all normal radio traffic.
- 11. A device connected via an underground cable to a municipal fire alarm system
- 12. A system of telephones connected by phone lines, radio equipment, or cellular technology to a communications center or fire department.
- 14. People that send you to an emergancy