POV Responses • Date: 2006 • Time of Day: 2000 • Location: Stadium Blvd / Providence Rd • Response Mode: Emergency Response • Description: While responding to a structure fire with lights and siren, the POV approached a red light. The POV came to a complete stop at the beginning of intersection but did not clear all of the lanes. The POV was struck by a driver who had a green light and did not see the POV.
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POV Responses• Date: 2006 • Time of Day: 2000 • Location: Stadium Blvd / Providence Rd• Response Mode: Emergency Response• Description: While responding to a structure
fire with lights and siren, the POV approached a red light. The POV came to a complete stop at the beginning of intersection but did not clear all of the lanes. The POV was struck by a driver who had a green light and did not see the POV.
Contributing Factors
• Stress• Distractions– Mobile Radios– Emergency lights and
siren– Map Books– Text Tones– Passengers
• Narrow roadways• Excessive Speeds• Large/Heavy trucks• Different apparatus
types• Visibility (fog, dust,
smoke, etc.)
How long will it take me to stop?
• Miles per hour × 1.466 = feet per second• Traveling 55 mph would mean that you travel
80 feet per second• Air brakes often take 0.5-1 second to react
after you press the pedal
• A fire truck traveling 55mph will take 393 feet to sop on a dry pavement roadway
Freightliner
Kenworth
Equipment in the cab
Where should I put my gear?
Ways to Improve
• Always wear your seatbelt–75% of firefighters killed in apparatus were
not wearing seatbelts (NIOSH)
• Use a backer (use larger area)• Come to a complete stop at red lights
and stop signs • Keep your focus on driving• Slow Down
A Culture of Safety• It is up to all of us to keep each other safe!