Years & Dates
All PST certification expire, every odd year on
February 1st
Federal law which protects the confidentiality of all patients in the US (HIPPA):
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is the name of an internet protocol -based system which acts as a bridge between agencies whose radio system are not compatible?
Florida Interoperability Network (FIN)
States that use force or the threat of force without declaring war to terrorize citizens and achieve a political goal is what type of terrorism?
State Terrorism
A response guidebook used by public safety responders who arrive at a scene involving hazardous materials is known as:
DOTERG
California recognized the "voices behind the headset" by declaring National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week In what year?
1981
NFPA is the Acronym for what?
Nation Fire Protection association.
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) does what?
provides a consistent, nationwide approach and vocabulary for multiple agencies or jurisdictions to work together to build, sustain, and deliver the corecapacities needed to achieve a secure and resilient nation.
The Taliban is an example of what type of terrorism?
Narcoterrorism
A predetermined agreement between multiple agencies to provide mutual assistance for fires or others large scale emergencies is?
Automatic aid
The Wireless Communications an Public Safety Act (911 ACT) established 911 as the national emergency phone number in?
1999
FEMA stands for?
Federal Emergency Management Agency
A comprehensive program that includes assistance to individual states in developing programs that would lead to the establishment of predetermined and preselected teams of trained individuals who can be mobilized quickly and deployed to assist communications centers during disasters is known as.
Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT)
Using nuclear materials as a terrorist tactic with the intent to cause massive devastation; attacking nuclear facilities, purchasing or building nuclear weapons, and dispersing radioactive materials is know as:
Nuclear terrorism
Law makers passed the Amber Lee Act on?
04/24/2008
When did it become required for a 911 PST at public answering point to become state certified?
October 1st ,2012
TERT stands for?
Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce
What allows callers to send text messages, photos, and videos to PSAPs.
NextGen911
Terrorism used to seek to form self-determination which may range from gaining greater autonomy to establishing a completely independent sovereign state
Nationalist Terrorism
A set of radio towers and repeaters which can be transported to a scene for unified communications in the field is what?
Mutual Aid Radio Cache (MARC)
The first 9-1-1 call was made in Haleyville Alabama in what year?
1968
CISM is an acronym for?
critical incident stress management
An electronic database that provides the PST with call information, response unit availability, and other resources.
Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
Any premeditated, politically motivates attack against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data which results in violence against non-combatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents (hacking) is known as?
Cyberterrorism
AVL stands for
Automatic Vehicle Locator