Roadway Manual Flashcards
Entering Highway Access Against Traffic
Unit Officer must confirm all traffic is stopped and no civilian vehicles will be on the ramp
What is TAPER in roadway incidents
Act of Merging several lanes of traffic into fewer lanes
Define buffer space in roadways
Distance between moving traffic and the personnel/vehicles within the protected area
Patient Transport Corridor
Positioning in such way to create rapid arrival and departure of EMS units
Accidents within HOV lanes
Consider blocking the non-incident side of the flexible delineator markers
Fend-Off
Placement of Vehicle at an angle of traffic lanes
Wheels rotated away from incident
Pump panel facing the work area
Distance between secondary blocking vehicles
50 ft from first operating unit
Safety Apparel Requirement regulation number
ANSI/International Safety Equipment Association
107-2010
“American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel”
Glare Recovery light to dark
Vision Recovery takes at least 6 seconds
Glare Recovery from dark to light
Vision recovery takes 3 seconds
How Many ft per second will you travel at 50 mph
75 ft per second
At 50 MPH how long will a vehicle travel in 6 seconds
450ft
Headlight Consideration
If not being used to illuminate the scene, turn headlights off.
Drivers may be blinded up to 2.5 car lengths away.
Best combo of lights at Night
For Max Visibility
- Red Warning Lights: ON
- Headlights: OFF
- Fog Lights: OFF
- Pump Panel Lights: On
- Rear and Front spotlights On and directed onto a cone
-Traffic directional boards operating
Completing the operational phase on roadway
Apparatus Drivers must reposition vehicles to allow traffic flow in as many lanes as possible