Working on roadways

Question 1

Roadways

Who has overall control of an incident on a roadway?

Answer 1

Police

IC is still responsible for brigade personnel

Question 2

Two people that may direct us at a roadway incident?

What does HATO stand for?

Answer 2

Police and HATO

Highways Agency Traffic Officer

Question 3

Where do the machines park at a roadway incident?

Answer 3

Pumps before, specialist machines after the incident

Question 4

FRUs are not to be returned if a persons trapped message has been sent.
Convertibles pose a risk of post accident actuation of roll bars.

How would you treat an LPG system on fire in a car?

Answer 4

Cylinder incident

Question 5

Explain the fire and rescue services act 2004

Answer 5

In an emergency a firefighter may, for the purpose of rescuing people or protecting them from harm:

Move or break into a vehicle
Close a highway
Stop and regulate traffic
Restrict access of persons to the place concerned

Question 6

On motorways or duel carriageways, the central reservation must not be crossed by machines or crews to approach an incident on the opposite carriageway, an exception to this would be____?

Hazardous load id?

Answer 6

Police or HATO say so

Vehicle/package markings
Hazard id plates
Load manifest documents

Question 7

RTC inner circle and outer circle size

Answer 7

Inner, 2m around the vehicle

Outer, 5m around the inner circle

Question 8

After isolation power in a vehicle may remain for upto ___ minutes?
SRS power connections are____ in colour?

Fire ground radios should not be used in a vehicle with unactivated SRS.

Answer 8

30

Yellow

Question 9

Vehicle fitted with LPG system involved in a fire should be treated as?

LPG system leaking but not on fire?

HV cables are coloured?

Answer 9

Cylinder incident

Hazardous substance

ORANGE