QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔nfpa 1002 (training standard) - ✔✔Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator
Professional Qualifications
knowledge through
-classroom instruction
-practical skill
-testing
-qualification
training
-proficiency
-annual qualification
-before new apparatus are placed into service
✔✔nfpa 1500 during emergency response drivers of fire department vehicles shall bring
the vehicle to a complete stop for any of the following: - ✔✔-directed by law
enforcement officer
-red traffic lights
-stop signs
-negative right of way intersections
-blind intersections
-cannot account for all lanes of traffic in an intersection
-when other intersection hazards are present
-when encountering a stopped school bus with flashing red lights
✔✔drivers shall proceed through intersections only when the drive can ___________
for all lanes of traffic in intersection - ✔✔account
✔✔3 questions you need to ask when responding? - ✔✔was the unit responding to a
true emergency?
, did the driver exercise due regard for the safety of others?
did the driver violate any local or state laws or recognized standards?
✔✔Human Aspects of an EVO - ✔✔attitude
knowledge
mental fitness
judgment
physical fitness
age
habits
driving characteristics
✔✔acquired ability of an EVO - ✔✔drivers license
state and local laws
defensive driving techniques
✔✔defensive driving techniques - ✔✔reaction time
breaking distance
stopping distance
physical elements
✔✔Vehicle Characteristics - ✔✔Type of vehicle
components (engine, drive train, braking system)
special training required of drivers (on highway training and off highway training)
✔✔Personnel File contains... - ✔✔qualifications of each person within the department
serves as a means to select driver/operators, indicating required training and for
qualified drivers training updates needed
can be used in court all are legal documents
✔✔the proof of acquired abilities will be shown in ______-_______ _________ -
✔✔competency-based testing
✔✔topics of SOP's - ✔✔operator selection/designation
training
testing
emergency response
maintenance
✔✔Operator Selection (SOP Topic) - ✔✔attitude towards the job and position
judgement-focused on tasks
physical fitness- both critical aspects when realizing the high number of heart related FF
fatalities in MVA's
Age