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E494 Primary Employee Safety Hazards <br />•Apparatus is 29 years old <br />•Employees unable to sit down in <br />apparatus <br />•Employees unable to be properly <br />seat belted <br />•Vehicle is not equipped with a <br />back-up camera to eliminate blind <br />spot <br />•Vehicle is not equipped with an <br />attack line on the front bumper to <br />avoid employees exposed to <br />being crushed when a vehicle <br />strikes the truck <br />•Vehicle not equipped with ABS <br />brakes <br />•Not equipped with “exhaust <br />engine braking system” <br />•NFPA 1901 Annex D-Refurbish or <br />replace vehicles built between <br />1979 and 1991* due to significant <br />change in safety standards <br /> <br /> <br />Source: Donoughe K, Whitestone J, Gabler H, (2012) Analysis of Firetruck Crashes <br />and Associated Firefighter Injuries In The United States; National Institutes of Health