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?