Interesting, 1.5 million dollars founding to create a safety training package....
I agree that emergency services personnel’s safety is paramount, however, I’m sure A- it doesn’t cost 1.5 million dollars to create a package, B- that sort of money could be spent better elsewhere.
As a former emergency service volunteer I have seen many near misses that could have easily been avoided as well as a few accidents caused by “rubber neckers”.
Emergency vehicles are set up with red and blue and amber flashing lights for a reason.... to warn people approaching an incident to drive with caution and emergency personnel could be on the road etc.The biggest issue with safety here is the placement of emergency vehicles.
Whilst we need to understand an ambulance needs to be close to the scene and patient, CFA/MFB need to be within 30mtrs, most incidents on roads require police for traffic control.
With all respect to VICPOL, if they positioned their cars in appropriate positions IE: before a bend on a road, before a crest in a road, far enough back to warn motorists, near misses would not occur. In the last 18 years I have been to countless MVA’s where police are required for traffic control and park their vehicles as close to the scene as they can to save walking up to take reports and what not.Like I said, I have a lot of respect for the members in VICPOL!!
You don’t need a 1.5 million dollar funded course to tell you common sense and logic......
Vehicle placement is the major factor for emergency services personnel.You can have that common sense and logic for free...
Phill Simpson VK3FDAA0408056782vk3fdaa at outbackrestorations.com.au
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 2:55 PM +1100, "VK3IFM" <vk3ifm at gmail.com> wrote:
Folks,
You may have seen this but it is worth a look as it will increase
Road Safety awareness.
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New safety training for 🚓 🚒 🚑 emergency first responders
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EastLink
helps to develop new
safety training
for emergency first
responders
Funded by
Victoria's Workforce
Training Innovation
Fund
EastLink
is working with Monash
University,
Holmesglen, the
emergency services and
VicRoads to develop
and roll out the new
training.
Victorian
Minister for Training
and Skills and
Minister for Higher
Education, the
Honourable Gayle
Tierney, has announced
that Victoria’s
Workforce Training
Innovation Fund is
providing more than
$1.5 million to
support the
development of a new
training package, First
Responder Safety on
High Speed Roads.
The training
package will address
the gap in existing
training for emergency
and incident
responders who work in
high-speed traffic
environments such as
EastLink.
The training
package will provide
emergency and incident
responders with skills
in:
identifying role-specific
responsibilities in
emergency response
identifying risks in the road
transportation
environment
integrating proactive safety
management with
compliance
responsibilities.
Beginning in
March, the first phase
of face-to-face
training will be
provided to 360
emergency and incident
responders. This will
include first
responders from
EastLink, VicRoads and
all emergency
services.
VIDEO:
watch the 9News
report about the new
training program
and EastLink CCTV
footage.
EastLink is
Melbourne's safest
freeway. This training
will help us keep it
that way.
Thank
you for using
EastLink and driving
safely.
Doug
Spencer-Roy
Corporate
Affairs & Marketing
Manager, EastLink
VIDEO:
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about the new training
program and EastLink
CCTV footage.
At the
EastLink Operations
Centre in Ringwood,
Minister for Training
and Skills and Minister
for Higher Education,
the Honourable Gayle
Tierney announces the
funding from the
Workforce Training
Innovation Fund to
develop the training
program, alongside
EastLink managing
director Charles
Griplas:
Minister
Tierney and Dustin Halse
MP (member for Ringwood)
in the EastLink control
room are shown examples
of EastLink incidents by
EastLink Traffic
Operations Delivery
Manager Tony Mazzeo:
Minister
Tierney and Dustin Halse
MP are joined by a group
of emergency and
incident first
responders following the
announcement of funding
for the new training
program:
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