risk awareness for emergency response driving
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Risk Awareness for Emergency Response Driving
Aim
• To equip students with the underpinning knowledge in order to respond in a safe and
professional manner.
Objectives
Explain factors that increase risk.Explain the impact these factors may have.Explain different strategies to help prevent risky behaviour.Apply different strategies to help promote good attitudes during response driving.
Fatalities arising from road traffic incidents (RTIs) involving police vehicles make up the largest single group of deaths following police contact.
Source IPCC
Officers are deemed to be in ‘Emergency
Response’ when they are using any of the
exemptions afforded to them by the relevant
legislation, and/or using emergency warning
equipment to facilitate progress.
Definition of Emergency Response
Critical and honest selfawareness is
important, it will help to keep your actual
and perceived driving ability in balance.
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Self Assessment
Exploration
Reflection and Action
Self Assessment
What makes a good response driver?
Seeing is subjective and selective, don't assume!
Multi tasking is a myth!
How may training increase your risk exposure?
Overconfidence, always a bit risky!
What risk do you consider?
What risk do you consider?
How might things develop?
What steps will you take to help mitigate risk?
What is your speed choice based upon?
What limitations do other road users have?
What are your options?
Which emotion drives you?
Anger
Happy
Frustration
Guilt
Confident Compassion
TiredIrritated Empathy
HungryWorry
Stressed
Self Assessment
Exploration
Reflection and Action
How will you rate yourself now?
Any Questions?