'Scene Safety'

from the actual coursework

Responders on scene injuries and deaths are on a rise while tactical and vehicle operations related are declining.
Traffic incidents lasting 30 to 120 minutes mandate specific temporary traffic control warning and diversion devices.
ANSI 2007 Level II safety vest is mandatory on roadways unless…?
Most fire departments do not have enough temporary traffic control devices (cones) to meet the mandated standards.

When you are mandated to follow MDOT, OSHA & DOT regulations for work zones?
Do you know the difference between a Minor, Intermediate & Major Incident and what is required by law for you to do?
Do you know the 4 areas of a work zone?
Do you know when an Advanced Warning Sign is mandatory and where it needs to be placed?
What a lateral buffer is and what it’s objective is?

Mandated changes, regulations, definitions and equipment for incident scenes.
Problem recognition and scene safety considerations.
Proper positioning of your vehicles for maximum safety.
The myths of scene protection.
If your equipment is properly placed on your apparatus for maximum safety and how to protect those that are retrieving it.
Which vehicle position offers the most protection and which the least.
How to protect the work zone and the ambulance loading area better.
Vehicle placement for all types of roadways and intersections.
Proper vehicle exiting protocols from all positions in all different vehicles.
Proper movement in and around your vehicles and the work zone.
Traffic control (flagger) safety qualifications.
Standard traffic control (flagger) hand signals.
Do’s & Don’ts of directing traffic.
Traffic cone mandated regulations, patterns and length.
Protocols for differing entities and their objectives at a scene.
And much much more!