Communications Division

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The Communications Division is the unit within DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responsible for receiving emergency calls and coordinating the dispatch of fire and EMS resources.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Communications Division canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Emergency communications center ⓘ
Organizational unit ⓘ
coordinatesWith Field EMS units ⓘ
Field fire companies ⓘ
Other District of Columbia public safety agencies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
employs Call takers ⓘ
Dispatchers ⓘ
Supervisory communications personnel ⓘ
goal Efficient allocation of fire and EMS resources ⓘ
Rapid response to emergencies ⓘ
jurisdiction District of Columbia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
operatesIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ⓘ
primaryFunction Dispatch coordination ⓘ
Emergency call intake ⓘ
responsibleFor Assigning EMS units to incidents ⓘ
Assigning fire units to incidents ⓘ
Coordinating dispatch of emergency medical services resources ⓘ
Coordinating dispatch of fire resources ⓘ
Maintaining radio communications with field units ⓘ
Processing 911 calls for fire and EMS incidents ⓘ
Providing pre-arrival instructions to callers ⓘ
Receiving emergency calls ⓘ
Tracking status of EMS units ⓘ
Tracking status of fire units ⓘ
sector Public safety communications ⓘ
serviceType Emergency medical services dispatch ⓘ
Fire dispatch ⓘ
usesSystem Computer-aided dispatch system ⓘ
Radio communications system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DC FEMS → hasDivision → Communications Division ⓘ
DCFEMS → hasDivision → Communications Division ⓘ