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Roadway Questions Flashcards

1
Q

What manual is intended as a guideline for decision makers and can be modified as necessary by Incident Officers to address specific conditions?

A

Operating Procedures for Roadway Incidents Manual

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The primary objectives for any roadway incident operation involve the following actions?
(Hint: 8 Things)

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  • Establish a safe operating area to prevent worker injuries.
  • Provide emergency care and transportation for the sick and injured.
  • Establish a water supply.
  • Protect the environment.
  • Restore normal traffic flow.
  • Keep as many traffic lanes open as possible.
  • Preserve evidence for investigators.
  • Use the Incident Command Systems to manage resources.
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______ ______ must work to conclude all activities blocking traffic lanes as quickly as possible to promptly restore traffic flow?

A

Incident Commanders

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What should Incident Commanders prioritize at incidents requiring firefighting operations?

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Establishing a water supply officer?

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5
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Refers to a set of notification procedures used to advise approaching motorists to transition from normal driving status to the temporary emergency traffic control measures ahead of them?

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Advance warning

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6
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Involves positioning a fire department apparatus at an angle to traffic lanes, creating a physical barrier between upstream traffic and the work area?

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Block

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7
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Refers to the distance between moving traffic and the personnel and vehicles in the protected work area?

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Buffer Space

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8
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This term indicates the direction of traffic moving away from the incident scene?

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Downstream

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This is the area at a vehicle-related roadway incident shielded by the block. This space is also commonly referred to as work area, which is the prevalent term used in this manual.

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Incident Space

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10
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Refers to the act of merging several lanes of moving traffic into fewer moving lanes.

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Taper

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A _____ _____ involves the roadway lanes where approaching motorists change their speed and position to comply with traffic control measures established at an incident scene.

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Transition Zone

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Refers to the direction of traffic approaching the incident scene.

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Upstream

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13
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Also known as incident space, refers to the area at a vehicle-related roadway incident shielded by the block.

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Work Area

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14
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Emergency response to incidents on limited-access highways should include how many units traveling in each direction?

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At least one

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15
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When units respond together in the same direction, they should remain in ___ ___?

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Single File

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16
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When the shoulder must be used for response, the apparatus operator must use extreme caution and be aware of?

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  1. road signs
  2. debris
  3. guard rails
  4. oversized or stopped vehicles
  5. standing water
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Vehicle operators should only use designated median strip crossovers marked “AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY” when ?
Hint: 2 reasons

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  1. When they can complete the turn without obstructing the flow of traffic in either direction.
  2. When all traffic movement has stopped.
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Vehicle operators should enter highway access and egress ramps in the normal travel direction UNLESS?
Hint: 2 reasons

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  1. The unit officer can confirm that oncoming traffic has been stopped.
  2. That no civilian vehicles will be encountered on the ramp.
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Due to the inherently reduced number of travel lanes associated with access and egress ramps, apparatus positioning should incorporate WHAT to facilitate the rapid arrival and departure of emergency medical services (EMS) units?

A

Patient transport corridor

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20
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The use of U-Turn access points between Jersey barriers presents an extreme hazard and should occur only when necessary for what?

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Immediate Lifesaving Measures

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21
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When the responding apparatus’s route of travel requires crossing the flexible delineator markers, the apparatus operator should ____ _____ and pass through the markers at a _____ _____?

A

reduce speed

shallow angle

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22
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Who must quickly determine whether units responding in the opposite travel direction should continue to the incident scene?

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Incident Commander

23
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Who takes responsibility for apparatus placement?

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The officer and the apparatus driver take joint responsibility.

24
Q

Lane 1 is considered the?

A

Inside travel lane.

25
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Lane 2 is considered?

A

The middle travel lanes.

26
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Lane 3 is considered?

A

The outside travel lane.

27
Q

Who should establish the work area on a roadway incident?

A

1st arriving suppression piece.

28
Q

What is the fend off position?

A

The engine 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.

29
Q

Who should prioritize blocking from the most critical to the least critical?

A

Incident Commander

30
Q

Drivers should place blocking apparatus at least ___ feet behind the first operating unit to create a safe work area?

A

50

31
Q

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

A

1st arriving unit

32
Q

When an EMS unit is operating on scene of a residential roadway without a suppression unit how should they position?

A
  1. Off the roadway in a driveway (preferred)

2. Or place cones to facilitate traffic flow around the emergency vehicle and responders

33
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After arriving on scene and positioning in the fend-off position, the operator of the first arriving suppression unit should utilize what?
Hint: 2 reasons

A
  1. Vehicle mounted directional arrows.

2. Place flares or traffic cones along the working area

34
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Who should consider requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) traffic control for incidents on highways and interstates?

A

Incident Commander

35
Q

How should you be facing while placing flares or traffic cones?

A

You should be facing oncoming traffic.

36
Q

If an incident requires personnel to channel traffic around a curve, hill, or ramp how should the first cone/flare be placed?

A

Prior to the hill or curve.

37
Q

When exiting your apparatus, what tasks should you perform?

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  1. Don appropriate protective clothing or traffic vests.
  2. Ensure adjacent traffic has stopped or slowed.
  3. Exit on the work area side of the apparatus, if possible.
  4. Ensure their travel path is clear of debris or other hazard obstacles.
38
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When exiting their apparatus, personnel should perform the following tasks?
Hint: 4 reasons

A
  1. Don appropriate protective clothing or vest.
  2. Ensure adjacent traffic has stopped or slowed.
  3. Exit on the work area side of the apparatus, if possible.
  4. Ensure their travel path is clear of debris or other hazardous obstacles.
39
Q

When developing an incident action plan, Incident Commanders, Lookouts, & Safety Officers should remember this acronym?

A

LCES (Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, Safety Zones)

40
Q

During commercial vehicle and electrical vehicle fires Incident Commanders should give early consideration to requesting what?

A
  1. Additional Engines

2. Additional Tankers

41
Q

Emergency warning lights may be turned off when all 3 of the following conditions occur: ?

A
  1. Daylight hours
  2. all involved vehicles and emergency vehicles have been moved out of traffic lanes onto the highway shoulder.
  3. traffic is congested and passing slowly
42
Q

When emergency warning lights are turned off what must be activated?

A

Emergency Flashers

43
Q

As the human eye adapts to the dark, the color ____ blends into nighttime surroundings?

A

Red

44
Q

When the eye moves from light to dark vision recovery takes at least __ seconds?

A

6

45
Q

When moving from dark to light, vision recovery takes ___ seconds?

A

3

46
Q

At 50 mph a vehicle travels approximately __ feet per second?

A

75

47
Q

Studies have shown that at a distance of _____ car lengths, oncoming vehicle headlights completely blind the opposing drivers?

A

2.5

48
Q

The best combination of lights to provide maximum NIGHT visibility is as follows?

A
  1. red warning lights on
  2. headlights off
  3. fog lights off
  4. pump panel lights on
  5. rear and front spot lights on, and directed onto a traffic cone
  6. traffic directional boards operating
49
Q

Virginia’s Incident Clearance Law (also known as the “Move It” law) ?

A

Requires motorists involved in injury free crashes w/ drivable vehicles to move the vehicles to the least traffic obstructed location possible.

50
Q

One minute of stopped traffic causes an additional __ minutes of travel delay?

A

4

51
Q

Traffic Incident Level One is considered Minor. Impact to the traveled roadway estimated to be less than ___ minutes w/ no lane blockage or with minor lane blockage?

A

30

52
Q

Traffic Incident Level Two is considered Intermediate. Impact to the traveled roadway estimated to be ___ minutes to ___ hours with lane blockages but not full roadway closure?

A

30, 2

53
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Level 3 Traffic Incidents are considered Major. Impact to the traveled roadway estimated to be more than __ hours, OR the roadway is closed in any single direction; significant area-wide congestion is expected?

A

2

54
Q

When should the apparatus driver reposition?

A

When operational phases are completed.

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