EVOC Final Study Set UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Perception distance is: How far the vehicle travels when the need to brake occurs
Antilock brakes are designed
Prevent wheels from locking
to
At 55 miles per hour, the proper 3 second following dis-
225 feet
tance would be:
In the US, engineers design roads with a perception dis-
1.75 seconds
tance of:
There are about how many apparatus accidents in the US
15,000
annually?
The distance the vehicle travels as the driver reacts is the: Reaction Distance
An apparatus equipped with air brakes has an air lag
.5 seconds
based on .
The distance the vehicle travels from the brakes starting to
Braking Distance
slow to the vehicle coming to a complete stop is the:
At 30 MPH, a vehicle travels how many feet per second? 44
What emergency vehicle will take the longest to stop? Tanker
Since 1980 how many firefighters have been killed in the
400
line of duty responding or returning to calls?
The OSHA standard that can be used to require mandatory
General Duty Clause
seatbelt use is the:
Who is responsible to make sure seatbelts are worn at all
Everyone
times by all responders?
What color do fire apparatus seat belts have to be since
Red and orange
2009?
The number one safety violation in the fire service today
Failure to wear seatbelts
is:
Perception distance is: How far the vehicle travels when the need to brake occurs
Antilock brakes are designed
Prevent wheels from locking
to
At 55 miles per hour, the proper 3 second following dis-
225 feet
tance would be:
In the US, engineers design roads with a perception dis-
1.75 seconds
tance of:
There are about how many apparatus accidents in the US
15,000
annually?
The distance the vehicle travels as the driver reacts is the: Reaction Distance
An apparatus equipped with air brakes has an air lag
.5 seconds
based on .
The distance the vehicle travels from the brakes starting to
Braking Distance
slow to the vehicle coming to a complete stop is the:
At 30 MPH, a vehicle travels how many feet per second? 44
What emergency vehicle will take the longest to stop? Tanker
Since 1980 how many firefighters have been killed in the
400
line of duty responding or returning to calls?
The OSHA standard that can be used to require mandatory
General Duty Clause
seatbelt use is the:
Who is responsible to make sure seatbelts are worn at all
Everyone
times by all responders?
What color do fire apparatus seat belts have to be since
Red and orange
2009?
The number one safety violation in the fire service today
Failure to wear seatbelts
is:
