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O*NET detailed work activityRequest emergency personnel
Stays humanBe there for people
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This depends on human connection: empathy, trust, being physically present and responding to someone in real time. People can tell the difference.
Part of Notify others of emergencies or problems, under the O*NET work activity group Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Maintain contact with fire dispatchers at all times to notify them of the need for additional firefighters and supplies, or to detail any difficulties encountered.
- Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
- Contact emergency medical personnel in case of serious injury.
- Call police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire, bomb threats, and presence of unauthorized persons.
- Notify command of situation and request assistance.
- Summon medical help for injured individuals and alert medical personnel to take statements from them.
- Call police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
- Contact police directly in cases of urgent security issues, using phones or two-way radios.
- Report need for police or medical assistance to sheriff's office.