![]() ![]() ![]() ARFF Technician Level Certification Track Reference publications and learning objectives outline to prepare for the EVT Ambulance Exams are available here. The exams cover the design and performance standards, the specialized systems and equipment, and the accepted practices used in the service and maintenance of ambulances. See “EVT LEVEL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS CHART” below. Each level requires specific EVT exams and ASE automotive and/or truck exams. This track has three (3) levels of certification. The level certification for this track centers on the requirements of the ASE automotive and truck exams. The Ambulance Technician Certification track program recognizes that some technicians work only on ambulances. Ambulance Technician Level Certification Track Reference materials and learning objectives outline to prepare for the EVT exams are available here. The Fire Apparatus Track exams cover the design and performance standards, specialized systems and equipment, and accepted practices used in the service and maintenance of fire apparatus. See "EVT LEVEL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS CHART" below. Each level requires specific EVT exams and ASE heavy-duty truck exams. The Fire Apparatus Technician Certification track is for those technicians who service and maintain fire department pumpers, squads, aerial devices, tankers, wildland apparatus, etc. Fire Apparatus Technician Level Certification Track The Level Certification Track is explained below. The Management Track has a Level I and Level II exam and does not require any ASE exams. Please note that the Law Enforcement Track has only one exam and only one Level. Option 2: Technicians can attain the highest EVT Certification by combining EVT and ASE exams to reach Level I, II and Master EVT Certification. ![]() Option 1: Technicians can become certified in the specific test area(s) by taking only the EVT exams.Technicians have two options of becoming EVT Certified. The emergency vehicle certification tracks are for fire apparatus, ambulance, law enforcement, and Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Vehicle technicians. So my best guess is that you haven't attended any plane evacuations in Europe until now.The EVT Certification Program has four emergency vehicle certification tracks and a Management Track. While you can order other colors, most customers stick to the default. Rosenbauer (big player in Europe) on the other hand has a red lineup. So I guess that you have only been to red-engine territory until now.įor airports, it's a different issue: Unless ordered otherwise, Oshkosh's (the US market leader) airport fire engine lineup is painted green/yellow. The Swiss, where fire fighting is a local issue as well, have mostly switched to yellow fire engines for visibility reasons. This is the same in my native Germany, where the color mandated by law for fire trucks used on public streets has changed slightly over the years, from a dark red over a orangeish red to a retroreflecting orange-red. While in the US, where fire fighting is a local issue, you will see yellow fire engines with some fire dept's (mostly in rural areas, I guess it's because you have long unlighted stretches of street there), in your native Brazil, the central government has decided to use red for all engines. I don't know whether this is true or just an anecdote, but it's a nice story nevertheless. Today, there are still different colored fire engines, but red is the most common color out of tradition. Before it merged with the force in Manhattan, the Brooklyn Fire Department painted its apparatus a two-tone green to distinguish them from the red apparatus of the Metropolitan Fire Department. These firemen didn't have much money to spend on upkeep, and at the time red was the least expensive color of paint. PBS's "Firehouse Primer" on the history of red fire engines:īefore firefighting was a paid profession, most communities were served by volunteer fire departments. While Simon has told you about why ALL Fire Engines SHOULD better be yellow/green, not red, he did not tell you why all Airport Fire Trucks you have seen are yellow, and all normal Fire Trucks you have seen are red. ![]()
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