This question comes up because I am a volunteer firefighter.
You have a vehicle crash with injuries and/or fire. Who is in charge of the scene, police or fire? Call it a TA (traffic accident), MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident), TC (Traffic collision), whatever.
There has been at least one case in Arizona where a Fire Captian was arrested because his fire truck was blocking a lane on the freeway (he was later un-arrested). On the fire side, we are taught to take the lane of the accident +1, to keep the firefighters safe. Our local Sheriff's Office and Department of Public Safety (highway patrol) don't have a problem, because we try to open the road as soon as possible. We work together. At a fatal ('963' on the radio), we stay to help with traffic control until DPS releases the scene.
So, what do you call it, and who is in charge?
You have a vehicle crash with injuries and/or fire. Who is in charge of the scene, police or fire? Call it a TA (traffic accident), MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident), TC (Traffic collision), whatever.
There has been at least one case in Arizona where a Fire Captian was arrested because his fire truck was blocking a lane on the freeway (he was later un-arrested). On the fire side, we are taught to take the lane of the accident +1, to keep the firefighters safe. Our local Sheriff's Office and Department of Public Safety (highway patrol) don't have a problem, because we try to open the road as soon as possible. We work together. At a fatal ('963' on the radio), we stay to help with traffic control until DPS releases the scene.
So, what do you call it, and who is in charge?
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