Emergency Response Driving
Statistics tell us that driving to, for and from work is one of the most dangerous work related activities that we can engage in, on a daily basis. This, coupled with the additional demands placed on the drivers of Emergency Services vehicles greatly increases the risk potential posed by this necessary and essential work related activity. The Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act of 2005 legally defines a vehicle as a place of work. The act also places obligation on you the employer, to "ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare, at work, of his or her employees".
Your obligation does not end there. The Act also obliges you to put measures in place to ensure that the public are also protected and are not exposed to risks, in relation to any of your work related activities, including emergency response driving.
Although potential risks surrounding emergency response driving can never be eliminated, you have a legal responsibility to ensure that these risks are controlled, and at all times, kept to a minimum. To put it plainly, you have to ensure that neither your employees, nor the general public, are put at risk while you provide that essential and life saving emergency response service.
Drive2Arrive can provide a training programme to meet the requirements of your emergency service. Our instructors, who are retired Police Driving Instructors, will deliver high quality training to your specific requirements, based on the service you provide and the vehicles that you use.
Drive2Arrive's emergency response training programme will be delivered through classroom and practical driving skills modules.
Instruction during the initial defensive driving module will include;
* Vehicle Preparation
* The System of Vehicle Control
* Improved Driver Observations
* Proper Gear Changing, Braking, Acceleration and Steering Techniques
* Proper Use of Drivers Signals
* Positioning, Cornering and Observation
The Emergency Response Driving Module will include;
* Health and Safety Legislation
* Human Rights Legislation
* Current Road Traffic Legislation including legal exemptions
* Psychological effects of Emergency Response Driving
* The Principles of Emergency Response Driving
* Single and Multi Vehicle response
* Vehicle Positioning
* Anticipating and Dealing with the Reaction of Other Drivers