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# Emergency Vehicle and Roadway Operations Safety

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The U.S. Fire Administration is committed to reducing firefighter fatalities and injuries by helping to create a safer operational environment for emergency responders. The resources below contain best practices and recommendations for safer emergency vehicle and roadway incident response.

## “Slow Down, Move Over”

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## Alive on Arrival: Tips for Safe Emergency Vehicle Operations

This flyer provides information on the basics of emergency vehicle and roadway operations safety, including the roles of drivers, passengers and the officer in charge.

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##### New information on potential carcinogens in firefighter gear

A new NIST study suggests that the amount of PFAS (chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases) present in firefighter turnout gear can be significantly reduced.

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## Safety manuals

### Emergency Vehicle Safety Initiative

### Emergency Vehicle Safety Initiative

A study of public safety emergency vehicle and roadway operations.

Provides best practices and recommendations for safety emergency vehicle and roadway incident response.
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### Safe Operation of Fire Tankers

### Safe Operation of Fire Tankers

Examines the various causal factors identified as problematic for tankers and their drivers.

Tankers account for the largest number of firefighter crash deaths of all types of fire department vehicles.
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### Traffic Incident Management Systems

### Traffic Incident Management Systems

Describes the latest technologies, training, and operational practices for effective traffic incident management.

Contains recommendations to help decrease emergency responder vehicle- and roadway-related injuries and fatalities.
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### Emergency Vehicle Visibility and Conspicuity Study

### Emergency Vehicle Visibility and Conspicuity Study

Examines the use of retroreflective striping and chevrons, high-visibility paint, built-in passive light, and other reflectors for law enforcement patrol vehicles, fire apparatus, motorcycles, and ambulances and other EMS vehicles.

Emphasis in this report is placed on passive visibility/conspicuity treatments.
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### More content on the web

          - 10 Practical Tips for Responding and Operating on Roadway and Highway Incidents .
          - Crash Responder Safety Week . This Federal Highway Administration-sponsored initiative communicates the simple steps everyone can take in keeping roadway responders and the public safe around traffic incidents.
          - Emergency Vehicle Safe Operations for Volunteer and Small Combination Emergency Service Organizations PDF . Strategies, best practices, motivational tactics, and sample operating procedures to enhance the safety of responders when it comes to vehicle operations and traffic incident response.
          - International Association of Fire Fighters' Emergency Vehicle Safety Program . A training course to help emergency responders apply basic strategies to safeguard their health and safety while responding to and returning from an incident and while operating on roadways.
          - Respondersafety.com . Free resources to help protect emergency responders at roadway incidents in several topic areas.

Page last reviewed: May 18, 2023

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