Telecommunicator QUIZ| 88 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

only connected several devices within a locale for the remote sounding of bells or whistles correct answer: telegraph lines the first city to use telegraph systems correct answer: Boston town crier correct answer: delegated citizen making rounds at dusk the first fire alarm telegraph system was made in? correct answer: 1851 what gave assignments for engines, ladders, and special equipment up to a fifth alarm correct answer: run cards the first 911 system began operation on? correct answer: February 16, 1968 who translates caller information into agency action? correct answer: telecommunicator the telecommunicator must gather information about the emergency including? correct answer: Location, Nature of incident, callers location, callers number, callers address in some areas, a team if telecommunicators may respond to a scene as an? correct answer: Incident dispatch team prearrival instructions correct answer: the caller is kept on the line, and the telecommunicator provides direction for handling the situation the telecommunicator has two clients correct answer: internal (within the agency) and external (outside the service) typical operators find that ___% of the calls answered by telecommunicators are calls that should not have come to the center correct answer: 20-30 NFPA standard for Professional Qualifications for Public Safety Telecommunicator correct answer: 1061 NFPA 1221 correct answer: Standard for the installation, maintenance, and use of emergency services communication systems NFPA 10 correct answer: standard for portable fire extinguishers NFPA 13 correct answer: standard for sprinkler systems NFPA 70 correct answer: National eletrical code