Your senior operator has just finished up his apparatus check, hops in, buckles-up, and begins backing the vehicle into the station—just like he’s done an infinite number of times before. But this isn’t just like any time before. Unbeknownst to the operator, a local family stops into the station to bring some cookies to the crew and they’re right behind the apparatus. Luckily, another member realizes the vehicle is starting to back, gets in the operator’s line of sight and signals the operator to a stop. No harm, no foul—right? Not in this field.
The problem is there were likely several standard operating guidelines or procedures (SOGs and SOPs) that were created as safeguards for situations like this…
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