ASRS
SOGs
Volume II
Safe Driving
Misc.
100

Arizona law allows an authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency to exceed the posted speed limit by this many miles per hour.

What is no specified amount?

100

Describe the actions of placing and retrieving cones on the roadway.

What is while facing the traffic?

100

Spotting of rescues in a safe position will provide:

What is the most effective treatment and transportation of fire/EMS victims and fire personnel without blocking?

100

When backing an emergency apparatus and a spotter disappears from the drivers view, the driver should immediately do this.

What is stop?

100

Arizona os one of only 2 US states that generally does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Name the other.

What is Hawaii?

200

When exercising emergency-driving privileges, an emergency vehicle may proceed past a red or stop signal, but only after doing this.

What is slowing down as necessary for safe operation?

200

Only time a CFD employee can remove their safety harness when vehicle is moving.

What is in the back of the rescue to perform "Lifesaving Treatment" (CPR, airway, etc)

200

Apparatus are to be placed a certain distance from a  building, even with nothing showing.

What is 30 feet?

200

Entering a curve too fast increases the likelihood of this serious apparatus event because of a fire truck/rescues high center of gravity.

What is a rollover?

200

At 60 mph, a vehicle travels approximately this many feet every second.

What is 88 feet?

300

Name 3 of the 4 rules traffic law privileges granted to an authorized emergency vehicle under qualifying emergency operation.

What are parking/standing regardless of the rules, proceeding past red/stop signals after slowing as necessary, exceeding speed limits without endangering life/property, and disregarding regulations governing direction of movement or turning?

300

Vehicles that require a daily and weekly checkoff recorded in Imagetrend.

What is all response vehicles?

300

Actions the driver must take if no spotter is available.

What is dismount and walk completely around the apparatus to determine if obstructions are present before backing?

300

Before an emergency apparatus begins moving, the driver should verify all occupants have done this.

What is properly fasten their seatbelt?

300

Pair of tools that are commonly referred to as "The Irons".

What are the halligan and flat head axe?

400

Even when legally exercising emergency-vehicle privileges, Arizona law says the driver is not relieved of this duty.

What is the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons?

400

Hours you can be out of service before the need to switch out apparatus.

What is 3 hours?

400

Under these circumstances you can pass other emergency vehicles when responding code 3.

What is after radio communication (But should be avoided)?

400
Stopping distance behind a vehicle when not responding to an emergency. (I.e. driving to the grocery store)

What is enough distance to get out of that lane if you do get a call?

400

You're 10 miles from the hospital. At 60mph it takes 10 minutes. of you drive 80mph instead, approximately how much time is saved.

What is 2 minutes 30 seconds?

500

Under Arizona law, a civilian vehicle may not follow fire apparatus responding to a fire alarm closer than this distance.

What is 500 feet?

500

Manner in which you operate when operating in or near vehicle traffic.

What is defensive manner?
500

Circumstances/conditions in which FD vehicles are authorized to exceed posted speed limits only when responding code 3.

What is favorable conditions?

500

This roadway location presents one of the greatest collision risks to emergency apparatus, even what operating with lights and sirens.

What is an intersection?

500

Describe the risk management profile.

What is: We will risk a lot, within a calculated manner to save savable lives, we will risk a little, within a calculated manner to save savable property, we will not risk anything for what is already lost?

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