Racing to Disaster

摘要

When a firefighter or civilian is injured in a motor vehicle crash (MVC) involving a responding public safety unit, we take it harder than we do "regular" MVCs. Many of these accidents are not the result of any firefighter wrongdoing. But some are. As an industry responsible for responding as expeditiously as possible to emergencies where life and death often hangs in the balance, just where does a response cross over the line to negligible liability? The answer can often be found right in front of us in plain view—the speedometer.