Equipment Failures / Flat Tires
All vehicles will contain everything needed to change a tire, in good working order.
In event of flat tire or engine failure:
- Immediately pull to a safe location on the shoulder of the road, out of traffic.
- Place a triangular emergency reflector behind the vehicle to warn oncoming traffic.
- Notify your supervisor by cell phone.
- Assist the passengers in moving to a safe location, if appropriate.
- Make repairs as possible or call for emergency roadside assistance.
- Contact your supervisor for additional transportation for passengers if repairs are not immediately achievable.
- Complete a Critical Incident Report.
- Record time you stopped and time you resumed travel.