DRIVER TRAINING SYLLABUS

Ladder 24 (TILLERMAN)

 

 

Note: Members will meet the completion standards of each block before proceeding to the next phase.

 

BLOCK 1 - PARKING LOTS

 

Serpentine Course                       Forward/Back            75’ distance between cones

Offset Alleys                           Forward/Back            10’ wide alleys, distance between alleys to be

                                                                                    the length of apparatus (56.6’)

Loading Dock               Backing only              10’ wide loading dock

 

Completion Standard:            Driver Trainee will be able to Tiller the vehicle 3 times in the direction indicated through each of the above courses, without any instruction or direction, without hitting any cones.

 

BLOCK 2 - STREETS (FIRST DUE)

 

As a minimum, the trainee will spend at least  3 – 1 hour  ,or  30 miles, sessions driving in Station 24’s first due area on the streets

 

Each session is to include the following:

            Forward and Back through the bus loop at the Gladwyne Elementary School

            Backing into the loading dock area at Super Fresh

            Pulling out of and backing into the firehouse

            Cul-De-Sac training (Monk Road)

            Correctly positioning the apparatus and aerial ladder at selected sites (TBD)

           

                                    A.            Gladwyne Montessori School (Through the parking curbs)

                                    B.            TBD

                                    C.            TBD

                                   

 

Completion Standard:            Tiller trainee shall be able to correctly position apparatus on the first attempt for aerial ladder operations as directed by the OIC without needing to reposition the vehicle. The Trainee shall be able to drive forward and back through the predetermined locations without running over curbs, without direction, and without needing to “jockey” the vehicle. The Trainee shall be able to back into quarters from both directions and without excessive “jockeying” of the vehicle.

 

BLOCK 3 - STREETS (ASSIST DISTRICT)

 

The Trainee will spend at least 4 – 1 hour sessions, or 40 miles, driving in various areas in and out

of the first due. This training should include all of Station 24 assist districts in and out of traffic (with special attention to Belmont Hills), Montgomery and Lancaster Avenues, Trainees should use major

routes that are our primary response routes to these areas.

 

Completion Standard:            The Trainee shall safely tiller a minimum of 5 hours, or 50 miles, of street time, not including interstates, in this block.

 

BLOCK 4 - HIGHWAYS

 

Trainee will spend at least 1 hour tillering session, or 10 miles, driving on the interstates within our township (I-76 / I-476). Emphasis should be placed on becoming familiar with the various interchanges and proper entry and exiting from the highway.  Any time spent driving on the interstates does not count for the previous block.

 

Completion Standard:            The trainee shall safely tiller a minimum of 1 hour, or 10 miles, of interstate driving.

 

CHECKLIST

 

Driver Training Committee Member to date and initial the appropriate completion standard has been met.

 

ITEM          COMPLETION STANDARD MET

 

BLOCK 1 - PARKING LOTS

 

Serpentine                 fwd_____            fwd_____            fwd_____            back_____            back_____            back_____

 

Offset Alleys               fwd_____            fwd_____            fwd_____            back_____            back_____            back_____

 

Loading Dock            fwd_____            fwd_____            fwd_____            back_____            back_____            back_____

 

 

BLOCK 2 - STREETS (FIRST DUE)

            (3 hours / 30 miles)

 

Gladwyne Montessori School             fwd_____            fwd_____ / back_____            back_____

 

TBD                                                      fwd_____            fwd_____ / back_____            back_____

 

TBD                                                      fwd_____            fwd_____ / back_____            back_____

 

Hour 1 (10 mi) (driving time) ________                              Hour 2 (10 mi) (driving time) ________

 

 

BLOCK 3 - STREETS (ASSIST DISTRICT)

(4 hours/ 40 miles total)

 

Hour 1 (or 10 mi) ____________        Hour 2 (or 10 mi) ____________        Hour 3 (or 10 mi) ____________

 

Hour 4 (or 10 mi) ____________        Hour 5 (or 10 mi) ____________

 

 

BLOCK 4 - HIGHWAYS AND INTERCHANGES

            (1 hours/ 10 miles total)

 

Hour 1 (10 mi) ____________