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A new video has just been released titled, "Marked & Seen" which deals with chevron stripping on emergency vehicles. The video and related materials are available for download by going to the website; www.respondersafety.com There is also other downloadable material such as safety vests, etc. NFPA 1901 requires chevron stripping on all new purchased apparatus and the stripping can be added to existing vehicles. Check it out. This definately something the departments should start looking at when dealing with highway safety.
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Permalink Reply by Max L on
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I do like the Chevron Stripping. The more visible we are our units are the less likely we are to be run over. My person thoughts on the fact. If you have to have more than two people working in the road shut it down. WHAT SHUT THE ROAD DOWN!!!!! i hear every cop and trooper screaming already. Yes i realize what it does to the public. What does it do to my firefighters I ask??? KEEPS THEM ALIVE. How long will the public be inconvenienced when the road is shut down for the investigation of the death of a safety worker. I wish i had a dollar for every MVC i was on where i was almost run over hit or forced out of the way. I have yet to see someone not look at the scene when they drive by instead of the road way. Yes the vest make us stand out. The trucks and the Stripping make them stand out. Road cones tend to make people drive in a ditch if they have to to avoiding hitting a cone. The fact remains people don't care about us. People are in such a hurry and want to see the blood an gore of the accident they rush threw then try to stop to see. I still stand behind the close the road. If there are no cars trucks semis motorcycles unicycles people walking dogs passing the scene its hard to be run over. Anyone who has worked along a four lane or more knows the feeling of the slow traffic at 55 passing your a$$. i could go on an and on and on. But ill cut it short for the replies lol..
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Permalink Reply by Lee Huff on
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Max, I gotta agree with you. While the new vests and the chevrons are great (we're looking in to putting the dots on our squad and rescue engine), it does seem like the more we do to make ourselves visible- the more oblivious drivers become to us. Whether they are rubbernecking or gabbing on their cell phones, drivers seem bent on finding new ways to become distracted.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Wood on
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Max i agree totally with you on shutting the road down. We uasually try to keep one lane open but there are a lot of determining facters that go into just that.I`ve already been on my guys about wearing thier vests on MVAs not two weeks ago i had three of eleveen guys that had them on on the front page of the paper. And everyone was issued one so where did it go ? they heard about it and now we are going to put them on the seats of the trucks so i dont have to hear excuses
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UUMMMMMMM d if you read my post i was already the bad apple.. LOL I'm telling you step up and stand out ride a green fire truck and you to can be ahead of the game lol...
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Yeah, Max. Hookstown found this out when they got 602. They had their doubts at first, but they soon found out just how much more visible that engine is. Their guys said that they get a lot of positive feedback from the public, too.
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Unfortunately, all the visibility equipment in the world doesn't count for crap if the people in their cars won't pay attention. We just had a guy hit on Monday morning out at 30 and PA 151 while we were shutting down the road for Hookstown. He directed traffic for years in just his bunker gear with no problem. The first call he ran with the new vest, he gets hit! Sprained ankle, and banged up, but he'll be OK.
The driver that hit him was looking out the passenger's window-away from Jim, but claimed the sun was in her eyes! -
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Permalink Reply by Brett Smith on
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That is a great point max i know shutting down a road is a pain in the butt to joe public but it keeps us SAFE and that is by farr worth it to me becouse i belive in EVREYONE GOES HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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