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The concept of public kindness shield emergency vehicle drivers from most lawsuits?

One of the leading cause of Line of Duty Deaths is responding to and returning from alarms.

Completion of a competency course should be followed by a minimum of 10 hours of supervised street and driving.

The amount of friction between the tires and road is dependent upon a number of items. These include:

Some of the vehicle characteristics which should be included in an emergency vehicle driver's training are:

Which of the following is not one of the human aspects of driver selection?

Maintenance record for an emergency vehicle should include, as a minimum.

Under certain conditions, emergency vehicles may exceed cautionary speeds such as hills, curves and on and off ramps

Which of the following is not one of the 5 subject areas for SOPs/SOGs.

Failure to exercise a degree of care which a prudent person would, under similar circumstances is what legal definition

Legal liability placed on one person for the acts committed by an individual is the definition of:

Driving defensively includes, scan, get the big picture, predict, identify escape routes, execute

The SIPDE acronym means

Based on a review by VFIS, emergency vehicles account for a greater than 50% error during motor vehicle collisions.

The individual with primary responsibility for the conducting of routine maintenance is?

A basic proceddure drivers should use when siren is operating is to change the mode from wail to yelp:

The total weight distribution of an emergency vehicle are important considerations for an emergency vehicle to know

A vehicle driver should practice effective start up procedures. Which os not one of these steps

The first step in developing an effective emergency driver training program is driver selection.

The device which is designed to assist the driver in effective stopping the vehicle without locking up the brakes is:

Most intersection accidents occur because the driver is not utilizing his/her emergency lights and sirens

The development for SOPs should concentrate on those areas where no SOPs, laws or regulations exist.

All motion, including acceleration, deceleration, velocity, directional control is governed by the laws of physics

You should recognize and understand the major systems of the vehicle he/she is certified to drive.

Emergency vehicle drivers may request the right of way, however they cannot assume it or force it.