Roadway Manual

Question 1

What is the term for positioning a fire apparatus at an angle to traffic lanes, create a physical barrier between upstream traffic and the work area?

Answer 1

Block

Question 2

What is the term that refers to the distance between moving traffic, the personnel and vehicles in the protected work area?

Answer 2

Buffer Space

Question 3

What is the term that refers to the act of merging several lanes of moving traffic into fewer moving lanes?

Answer 3

Taper

Question 4

What term is also known as an incident space and refers to the area at a vehicle related roadway incident shielded by the block

Answer 4

Work Area

Question 5

When units respond together in the same direction, they should what?

Answer 5

Remain in a single file

Question 6

When the shoulder must be used for response, apparatus operators must use extreme caution, and be aware of what?

Answer 6

Road signs, debris, guard, rails, oversized, or stop vehicles, and standing water

Question 7

How should median strip crossovers be marked in order to permit crossing over during response?

Answer 7

Authorized vehicles only

Question 8

Proper apparatus positioning at an incident scene insures what?

Answer 8

A safe work area, easy access for other responding units, and effective overall operation

Question 9

The engine company driver should place the vehicle at an angle to the lanes with the front wheels rotated away from the incident and the pump panel facing towards the work area to protect the pump operator. This is known as what position?

Answer 9

Fend-off

Question 10

Going away from the incident space, the upstream side, what is the proper order of safety items after the engine?

Answer 10

80 feet buffer space, 120 foot taper, and an advance warning

Question 11

When additional apparatus are only required for adequate protection and are not needed for education, drivers should place the boxing apparatus at least how many feet behind the first operating unit to create a safe working area?

Answer 11

50feet

Question 12

On a roadway incident where should the rescue position?

Answer 12

In front of the first arriving engine in the most advantageous, tactical position for extrication functions and inside the shielded area 

Question 13

What unit, regardless of the type, will take the position normally taken by the first arriving engine company to shield the scene for members, patients, and witnesses?

Answer 13

First unit

Question 14

After arriving on scene and positioning in a fend off position, the operator of the first arriving suppression unit unit should utilize what, extending downstream to channel traffic away from the incident?

Answer 14

Vehicle mounted directional, arrows, and place flares or traffic cones along the work area.

Question 15

Personnel who places, cones or flares, should do what to oncoming traffic

Answer 15

 walk facing

Question 16

When developing an incident action plan, ICS, lookouts, and safety officers should remember the acronym LCES, which stands for what?

Answer 16

Lookouts, communication, escape, routes, and safety zones

Question 17

If taking the primary blocking position behind a roadway, fire could expose the engine to fire extension, how may the driver position?

Answer 17

At an increased distance behind the work area 

Question 18

Glare recovery time refers to the amount of time required for the human eye to recover from the effects of glare. Once light passes through the eye. When the eye moves from light to dark, vision recovery takes at least how many seconds? When moving from dark to light, vision recovery takes how many seconds?

Answer 18

Six seconds from light to dark.
Three seconds from dark to light

Question 19

Best combination of lights to provide maximum night vision are what?

Answer 19

Red warning lights on, headlight off, fog lights off, pump panel lights on, rear, and front flood lights on and directed onto a cone and directional board operating 

Question 20

Virginia’s incident clearance law is also known as what?

Answer 20

Move it

Question 21

When operating on a roadway incident, upstream refers to

Answer 21

Traffic approaching the scene

Question 22

Designated median strip, crossovers can be used by emergency apparatus only if

Answer 22

Traffic light flow is not obstructed in either direction

Question 23

Apparatus placement on a roadway incident is determined by

Answer 23

Apparatus driver and officer

Question 24

The inside traveling is located

Answer 24

Left most lane in direction of travel

Question 25

When a suppression unit arrives to a residence prior to the transport unit, it should position

Answer 25

Short of the address

Question 26

When a suppression unit arrives to a residence prior to the transport unit, it should position

Answer 26

Short of the address

Question 27

If incident is during the day, all vehicles, including emergency are on the shoulder and traffic is slowly moving due to congestion, FD may

Answer 27

Turn off emergency, warning, lights, and replace with flashers

Question 28

This is the first color of the human eye loses to nighttime surrounding

Answer 28

Red

Question 29

A vehicle traveling at 50 mph will travel how far per second

Answer 29

75 feet

Question 30

Which of the following statement is true when working a roadway incident at night

Answer 30

 opposing drivers can be completely blinded by headlights at 2.5 car length away

Question 31

Prolong lane closures increases the risk of a secondary incident, in fact

Answer 31

One minute of stoppage equals a four minute delay

Question 32

The act of merging several moving lanes into fewer is called

Answer 32

Taper

Question 33

When multiple transport units are required on a roadway, instinct, parking them in this manner, facilitates egress

Answer 33

Diagonally in protected area

Question 34

What is the definition of downstream?

Answer 34

The direction that traffic is moving as it travels away from the incident

Question 35

Traffic incident Level 1Minor

Answer 35

Minor impact to the travel roadway estimated to be less than 30 minutes with no lane blockage or minor lane blockage

Question 36

Traffic level 2 intermediate

Answer 36

Impact to the travel roadway estimated to be 30 minutes to 2 hours with lane blockage but not full road closure

Question 37

Traffic incident level 3 major

Answer 37

Major impact to the travel roadway estimated to be more than two hours or the roadway is closed in any single direction, significant area wide congestion is expected

Question 38

After experiencing a glare at night time traveling 50mph

Answer 38

Hey driver will travel 450 feet and six seconds it takes for them to fully regain their night vision

Question 39

How long is a lane marker

Answer 39

10 feet