PBS 136 - Public Safety Communications Laboratory

Credits: 1

Develops basic and advanced skills necessary to manage emergency and non-emergency calls at a 9-1-1 dispatch center. Prepares students to solicit critical information, research information, use various telecommunications information databases and computer systems, communicate via telephone, radio and face-to-face, relay pertinent information and provide emergency medical dispatch information within simulated scenarios and in a simulated high-stress environment.

Lab Hours per Week Laboratory 4 hours per week.