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GENERAL
4-4 / Seats, Seat Belts, and Safety Restraints
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Seats, Seat Belts, and Safety Restraints
4-3. Safety Restraints and Devices
4-3.1 Seat Belts
The ultimate mission of any emergency response vehicle is to safeguard the health and welfare of the people they
are meant to protect. This mission fails if the emergency responders themselves do not arrive safely. It is therefore
essential that the emergency response vehicle is driven in a safe manner, and that all occupants are seated and
belted while the vehicle is in motion. During emergency responses, personnel may be inclined to take more risks
than usual and to skip basic vehicle safety precautions. Resist this inclination. If a vehicle is in a crash, anyone who
is unbelted becomes a hazard to anyone else in the vehicle. An unbelted occupant will become a lethal projectile
with the potential to injure or kill those around them.
The use of seat belts help to restrain you and your passengers in case of a collision. In most states, the law requires
their use.
Safety belts provide the best restraint when:
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The seat back is upright.
• The occupant is sitting upright (not slouched).
• The lap belt is snug and low on the hips.
• The shoulder belt is snug against the chest.
• The knees are straight forward.
Never ride in or on this vehicle unless properly restrained in a seating position with a seat belt.
Before fastening seat belts, adjust the seat to a position that maintains adequate head clearance (see
suspension style seats) to reduce the risk of head or spinal injury when driving over severe dips or
bumps in the pavement.
Always ride with your seat back upright and the lap belt snug and low about your hips to reduce the
risk of serious injury to the abdomen or neck that could be caused by sliding under the safety belts in
a collision.
Fasten seat belt low and snug on the hips, and the shoulder belt snug against the chest.
Never use a single belt for more than one person or across more than one seating position.
Use the shoulder belt on the outside shoulder only. Never wear the shoulder belt under the arm or
swing it around the neck over the inside shoulder.
The effectiveness of an air bag may be reduced on vehicles equipped with an extended front bumper.
Always wear seat belts.