Definitions Flashcards
(9 cards)
Positioning a fire department apparatus on an angle to the lanes of traffic creating a physical barrier between upstream traffic and the work area.
Block
Notification procedures that advise approaching motorists to transition from normal driving status to that required by the temporary emergency traffic control measures ahead of them.
Advance Warning
The distance or space between personnel and vehicles in the protected work area and nearby moving traffic.
Buffer Space
The direction traffic is moving as it travels away from the incident scene
Downstream
The protected work area at a vehicle-related roadway incident that is shielded by the block from apparatus and other emergency vehicles. Also commonly referred to as WORK AREA, which is the prevalent term in this manual.
Incident Space
The action of merging several lanes of moving traffic into fewer moving lanes
Taper
The lanes of a roadway within which approaching motorists change their speed and position to comply with the traffic control measures established at an incident scene.
Transition zone
The direction from which traffic is traveling as vehicles approach the incident scene
Upstream
Also known as INCIDENT SPACE, the protected area at a vehicle-related roadway incident that is shielded by the block for apparatus and other emergency vehicles.
Work Area
