Responding to
emergency
service
incidents.
TA S K 1
How are emergency's
graded?
This is Manchester polices grading system:
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Grade 1: Emergency response should be within 15 minutes of the call
Grade 2: Priority response within one hour of the call
Grade 3: Routine response within four hours
Grade 4: Scheduled response or other resolution within 48 hours
Grade 5: Telephone resolution
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-47582743
Examples of each of the police grades
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Grade 1: reports of a serious road traffic incident and people hurt
Grade 2: Reports of robbery
Grade 3: Reports of vandalism
Grade 4: Reports of people speeding in a car
Response times for ambulance and fire service
Fire service response times:
Grade 1- First 5 minutes within call depending on location.
Grade 2-One fire engine will arrive fast where as another will be slightly slower
depending on the escalation of the situation.
Grade 3-Within 20 minutes
Grade 4- Resolved over the phone
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Ambulance response times
Category 1
An immediate response to a life threatening condition, such as cardiac or respiratory arrest
15 minutes
Category 2 A serious condition, such as stroke or chest pain, which may require rapid assessment and/or urgent transport
40 minutes
Category 3 An urgent problem, such as an uncomplicated diabetic issue, which requires treatment and transport to an acute
setting
2 hours
Category 4 A non-urgent problem, such as stable clinical cases, which requires transportation to a hospital ward or clinic
3 hours
Importance of responding safely to emergency
incidents as an emergency response driver:
A young social media influencer died along with 3 passengers while trying to escape
police in a police chase. The diver was speeding which caught the attention of police
who chased him down at speeds of over 90mph in which the driver crashed into a tree
killing all people in the car including himself.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/gabriel-salazar-dead-dies-tik-tok-carcrash_uk_615806f6e4b075408bd75022
Exemptions for emergency drivers
Some examples of laws emergency drivers can break in an emergency:
· Disobey the speed limit (if it’s a police car, ambulance or fire engine).
· Pass on the wrong side of a keep left bollard.
· Treat red traffic lights as a give way sign.
· Drive on a motorway hard shoulder, even against the direction of traffic.
https://www.carkeys.co.uk/guides/laws-for-emergency-vehicles-explained
Info on driving standards for 3 UPS
Police: The driving of vehicles for police related purposes on the public roads can attract close scrutiny. The highest standards
are expected from the police service and from individual officers, police staff and police support volunteers (PSVs) at all times.
As a service, the police are expected to set the right example to others, regardless of the nature of any particular incident or role
in which vehicles are being used and regardless of the demands placed upon individual drivers as they perform their duties.
https://www.derbyshire.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/foi-media/derbyshire/policies/drivingpolicy.pdf#:~:text=The%20driving%20of%20vehicles%20for%20police%20related%20purposes,upon%20individual%20driv
ers%20as%20they%20perform%20their%20duties.
Fire service: Can drive through a red traffic light and disregard a keep left sign if it would hinder progress and can be done so
without endangering anyone. A rule of thumb is that a red traffic light should be considered as a give way sign.
www.ukemergency.co.uk/blue-light-use/
Ambulance: While working as an emergency response driver, you’ll regularly be in situations which are potentially hazardous to
yourself, the ambulance vehicle, as well as any passengers you have on board. Since response drivers often need to get to their
destination faster than ordinary drivers on the road, exemptions in driving laws are sometimes permitted.
https://www.how2become.com/blog/uk-ambulance-exemptions-and-non-exemptions/
Case study of what can be the consequences if
incidents are not responded to safely
Ambulance crashes into car waiting for fuel in large petrol station queue:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ambulance-crashes-into-car-waiting-for-fuelin-large-petrol-station-queue/ar-AAOSddt?ocid=BingNewsSearch