Emergency Vehicle Operations Unit V Standard Operating Procedures Standard Operating Guidelines
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Emergency Vehicle OperationsUnit V
Standard Operating ProceduresStandard Operating Guidelines
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Unit VObjectives
The EVO will understand the importance of Training Standards & SOP’s/SOG’s
The EVO will be able to list the elements of and develop a SOP
The EVO will be able to list SOP’s required for emergency response
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Arrive Safely…Save Lives
Need for Policy
• What seems obvious after the fact ……
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Need for Policy• …….. Is not always clear at the time
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Is There a Difference?• SOP- Internally generated and fairly rigid• SOG- Internally generated, a guideline
• Does it really matter what it is called? Wrong is wrong and dead is dead. If it was important enough to write down it should be followed……… whenever possible.
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Standard Operating Procedures
Essential for safe and efficient operationWhat?, Who?, When?, Where?, & How?Same operation , the same way for allIn accordance with state law and NFPA
Standards
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Typical Department Procedures
2 In/2 Out Turnout Gear Level of Training NIIMS Accountability Safety Officer Documentation Fire Fighter Injuries
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Emergency Response Operating Procedures
Drugs and Alcohol Use of warning devices Level of response Maximum speed limit Use of seat belts Backing Driver Selection and Training Scene Placement
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Elements of a Good SOP/SOG
• Must be Clear• Must be up to date• Must be understood• Must be followed• Must be reviewed
regularly
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Elements of a Good SOP/SOG
• Policy Number• Title• Issue Date• Objective or Purpose• Policy• Procedure • Enforcement• Signed by Authority
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Seatbelt UseFailure to wear seatbelts & being ejected from the vehicle are listed as two major contributing factors in firefighter fatalities during EV crashes.
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Does your department mandate, through written operating guidelines, seatbelt usage?
Do you have compliance?
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This is what happens when you rollover and why you wear a seatbelt.
CLICK MOVIE SCREEN TO START MOVIE
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Many Departments establish driving policies on maximum speed during
emergency response.
Does your department have a similar policy?
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The established maximum speed may not be a safe maximum speed.
REMEMBER
The vehicle must ALWAYS be driven at a speed that allows for
control. Exceeding the posted speed limit for a vehicle during an emergency response SHOULD BE
AVOIDED.
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Volunteers Response in Personal Vehicles
Excessive speed during the initial phase of a response by volunteers in their personal vehicles leads all other types of vehicles involved in fatal firefighter crashes.
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What is your departments policy concerning personal vehicles during a response?
One Volunteer Lieutenant Dies and a Volunteer Fire Fighter is Seriously Injured in a Motor Vehicle Rollover
Incident While En-route to a Trailer Fire - North Carolina
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June 2003, a 30 year old volunteer fire fighter was fatally injured after his POV hydroplaned and struck a billboard signpost. His speed was undetermined. He had passed another motorist who reported she had been traveling at 40 mph. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Wearing a seatbelt may not have prevented this fatality.
Emergency Vehicle Operations
On the quiet responseSt. Louis Fire Department
February 7, 1995
Goal of program: Reduce the number of accidents involving apparatus
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Emergency or Non Emergency? Automatic Alarms Structure Alarms Natural Gas Leaks Wires Down Calls For Manpower Flush Jobs Lock Outs Smoke Detectors Manual Pull Stations Carbon Monoxide Detectors Plugging Details
Assisting Police Keys In Running Autos Abandoned Drums/ Unknown Odors Rubbish and Weed Fires Move-ups Broken Sprinkler/Water
Pipes Dumpster Fires Removing Doors From
Abandoned Refrigerators
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Emergency Vehicle Operations
ResultsDirect reduction of accidents – 17%Increased call volume brings reduction to –
35%Hidden Benefit
Reduced Dumpster Fires by 51% (over a four year period)
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Group Activity 5.1• You are the newly elected chief of your department
(good luck)• Find and review the departments SOPS on driving
operations including backing, seat belts, response routes, level of response, off road use, maintenance and driver selection
• Write an SOP for any of the above areas that are missing
• Write an SOP for color of new trucks
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Arrive Safely…Save Lives
Unit VReview
The EVO will understand the importance of Training Standards & SOP’s/SOG’s
The EVO will be able to list the elements of and develop a SOP
The EVO will be able to list SOP’s required for emergency response
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