Report Number: 09-0000501
Report Date: 05/19/2009
Event Description
We were enroute to a training exercise on a dirt access road behind the county DOT. We arrived at the area and began to look for a training site. We passed a hill and found a training area on the other side. We then realized we had just passed the road that provided access to the site. The driver of the truck told me that he would back up and pull down the road. He told me I didn't have to worry about backing him up because we were on county property and there was no traffic or property to worry about backing into. I told him to stop and let me out anyway.
I walked to the back of the truck and found a small car sitting behind the truck that was waiting to go around us. The car had stopped so close to the rear of the truck that it could not be seen in our mirrors. I waved the car around and backed the driver up.
Lesson Learned
We learned that SOGs are in place to prevent accidents and provide guidelines. We followed the SOG for backing fire apparatus and avoided an accident.
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