210 Crew safety on appliances and other vehicles

Question 1

Who has Overall responsibility for Crew safety on an appliance?

Answer 1

The Vehicle Driver and /or Appliance commander

Question 2

When should Seat belts be checked?

Answer 2

Change of watch or change of riders

Question 3

What precaution should be undertaken when an appliance must traverse soft ground or negotiate a low structure or obstruction?

Answer 3

Crew members are to dismount to act as lookouts

Question 4

Can BA be donned on route to an incident?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

When can the seatbelt policy be relaxed?

Answer 5

• A driver preforming a manoeuvre ie Reversing
• An instructor observing a driver preforming a manoeuver
• A driving examiner conducting a test where wearing a seatbelt would endanger themselves or others
• When a seatbelt becomes defective

Question 6

What need to be done after a Door ajar warning sounds?

Answer 6

All doors and shutters should be checked then the Shutter open mute button in the pump bay should be depressed

Question 7

Where can appliance dimensions be found?

Answer 7

Plate in the driving area and the drivers handbook

Question 8

When does a seatbelt defect go from a code 2 to a code one?

Answer 8

When it is in a Front seat or if the number of belts in the rear cab drops to 2

Question 9

What government policy covers the responsibility to wear seatbelts?

Answer 9

section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974,