FirefightersCommunication: Someone reports it in person at the station
Someone reports it in person at the station. With the report of an emergency, the fire department's procedures and communications equipment, you start the response: you get all the information needed, operate the equipment correctly and pass the information promptly and accurately to the dispatch center. It is station 4-25 of Ohio's Firefighter I practical exam (NFPA 1001 4.2.1 and 4.2.2).
Free to startThis scenario
- Someone reports it in person at the station.
The steps
- Receive and process the information that comes in at the station, by one of the methods in the scenarios.
- Get all the information needed: what it is, where it is and anything else that matters.
- Operate the communications equipment correctly, as needed.
- Pass the information promptly and accurately to the dispatch center.
- Operate the fire department's communications equipment, including telephone and intercom, to relay and record information.
- No unsafe act during the evaluation.
To pass
- All 6 steps.
- The evaluator can stop the station at any time for an unsafe act.
Official source
Firefighter I Practical Examination Skill Sheets (EMS 5919)
Ohio publishes every Firefighter I skill sheet free: the steps, the critical points and the minimum to pass.
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