Emergency Exits, Evacuation Procedures, and Fire or Accident Response
What this domain tests
Emergency-exit questions test whether you can locate and operate every exit, evacuate passengers in the right order, and respond to fire or a crash without adding injuries.
Core rules
- Know the exits: service door, emergency door, emergency windows, and roof hatches. Show passengers how to use them at the start of a trip when required.
- Evacuate: stop safely away from traffic, set the parking brake, shift to Park or Neutral, shut off the engine, activate hazard lights, and direct passengers to the nearest safe exit.
- Move passengers away from the vehicle, upwind and uphill from fire, and keep them together for a head count.
- Fire: call 911. Use the extinguisher only on a small fire and only if you have a clear escape route. Aim at the base of the flames using PASS: pull, aim, squeeze, sweep.
- Crash: protect the scene, set out warning triangles when safe, check for injuries, and do not move an injured passenger unless there is immediate danger.
Worked example
Smoke comes from the engine compartment while passengers are aboard. The driver stops away from traffic, sets the brake, shuts off the engine, opens the service door, and evacuates passengers upwind. The driver calls 911, accounts for everyone, and does not open the engine cover if flames are visible. Reasoning: an engine fire can flare when the cover is opened, and passengers must be moved away before anyone attempts extinguishment.
Traps that cost marks
Evacuating into traffic, forgetting the head count, fighting a large fire, and failing to set the brake. Also know that roof hatches and emergency windows may be the only usable exits in a rollover.