Roadway Manual Flashcards
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?
Block
What is the term that refers to the distance between moving traffic, the personnel and vehicles in the protected work area?
Buffer Space
What is the term that refers to the act of merging several lanes of moving traffic into fewer moving lanes?
Taper
What term is also known as an incident space and refers to the area at a vehicle related roadway incident shielded by the block
Work Area
When units respond together in the same direction, they should what?
Remain in a single file
When the shoulder must be used for response, apparatus operators must use extreme caution, and be aware of what?
Road signs, debris, guard, rails, oversized, or stop vehicles, and standing water
How should median strip crossovers be marked in order to permit crossing over during response?
Authorized vehicles only
Proper apparatus positioning at an incident scene insures what?
A safe work area, easy access for other responding units, and effective overall operation
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?
Fend-off
Going away from the incident space, the upstream side, what is the proper order of safety items after the engine?
80 feet buffer space, 120 foot taper, and an advance warning
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?
50feet
On a roadway incident where should the rescue position?
In front of the first arriving engine in the most advantageous, tactical position for extrication functions and inside the shielded area 
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?
First unit
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?
Vehicle mounted directional, arrows, and place flares or traffic cones along the work area.
Personnel who places, cones or flares, should do what to oncoming traffic
 walk facing
When developing an incident action plan, ICS, lookouts, and safety officers should remember the acronym LCES, which stands for what?
Lookouts, communication, escape, routes, and safety zones
If taking the primary blocking position behind a roadway, fire could expose the engine to fire extension, how may the driver position?
At an increased distance behind the work area 
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?
Six seconds from light to dark.
Three seconds from dark to light
Best combination of lights to provide maximum night vision are what?
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 
Virginia’s incident clearance law is also known as what?
Move it
When operating on a roadway incident, upstream refers to
Traffic approaching the scene
Designated median strip, crossovers can be used by emergency apparatus only if
Traffic light flow is not obstructed in either direction
Apparatus placement on a roadway incident is determined by
Apparatus driver and officer
The inside traveling is located
Left most lane in direction of travel
When a suppression unit arrives to a residence prior to the transport unit, it should position
Short of the address
When a suppression unit arrives to a residence prior to the transport unit, it should position
Short of the address
If incident is during the day, all vehicles, including emergency are on the shoulder and traffic is slowly moving due to congestion, FD may
Turn off emergency, warning, lights, and replace with flashers
This is the first color of the human eye loses to nighttime surrounding
Red
A vehicle traveling at 50 mph will travel how far per second
75 feet
Which of the following statement is true when working a roadway incident at night
 opposing drivers can be completely blinded by headlights at 2.5 car length away
Prolong lane closures increases the risk of a secondary incident, in fact
One minute of stoppage equals a four minute delay
The act of merging several moving lanes into fewer is called
Taper
When multiple transport units are required on a roadway, instinct, parking them in this manner, facilitates egress
Diagonally in protected area
What is the definition of downstream?
The direction that traffic is moving as it travels away from the incident
Traffic incident Level 1Minor
Minor impact to the travel roadway estimated to be less than 30 minutes with no lane blockage or minor lane blockage
Traffic level 2 intermediate
Impact to the travel roadway estimated to be 30 minutes to 2 hours with lane blockage but not full road closure
Traffic incident level 3 major
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
After experiencing a glare at night time traveling 50mph
Hey driver will travel 450 feet and six seconds it takes for them to fully regain their night vision
How long is a lane marker
10 feet
