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Traffic M a n a g e m e n t a n d Acci den t
I n v e st i g a t i o n Definition of Terms
Acci dent ( L e g a l m e a n i n g ) – an accident is any
happening beyond the
control of a person the consequences of which are not foreseeable.
(There is no criminal liability in accident provided, the following
requisites or elements under the law must be satisfied;
1. performance of a lawful act
2. with due care
3. causes injury to another by mere accident
4. without any fault or intention of causing it
Classi ficati on of R o a d
1. National Road
2. Provincial Road
3. City Road
4. Municipal Road
5. Barangay Road
6. Private Road
Hi t-a nd- run - is the act of causing (or contributing to) a traffic
accident (such as colliding with a person or a fixture), and failing
to stop and identify oneself afterwards. It is considered a crime in
most jurisdictions.
Pa r i s - in 1964, first time that police women were used for traffic
control duties.
Pe n a l ty
7. Confiscation - 1st offense
8. Imprisonment - 6 months and/or Fine. - 2nd and succeeding
offenses.
9. Cancellation or Revocation or Certificate of Registration
Pl a c e s W h e r e P a r k i n g i s Pr ohi bi ted
1. Within an intersection
2. On a crosswalk
3. Within six meters of the intersection of curb lines.
4. Within four meters of the driveways entrance to any fire station.
5. Within four meters of a fire hydrant.
6. In front of a private driveway
7. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the curb
or edge of the highway.
8. At any place where official signs have been erected prohibiting
parking.
P N P H i g h w a y Patrol G r o u p - is an operational support unit of the PNP
in charged of anti-carnapping, highway robbery and hi-jacking
incidents. Formerly called Traffic Management Group. Traffic
Management in
Metro Manila is managed by the MMDA.
Pr o fe ssi o n a l D ri ver – shall mean every and any driver hired or paid
for driving or operating a motor vehicle, whether for private use or
for public.
C a t e g o r i e s of D r i v er s
1. Tourist
2. International Driver
3. Government
4. Professional
5. Non-professional
6. Student Permit
K i n d s of s k i d M a r k s
1. Pavement Grinding – is the collection of man y fine scratches
and some larger one form by particles of gritty materials
such as stone, gravel, glass and sometimes bit of metal
embedding itself in the rubber of the tire or in the thread
pattern and being ground or scored against the road surface.
2. Tire Grinding – is the collection of particles of rubber
ground from the tire surface by gritty paving, especially
before the tire gets hot enough smear. It occur on hard,
dry, granular surfaces, particularly weathered or new but
not traffic-polished cement.
3. Erasing – is a clean light area where a sliding tire had
erased or removed dirt from the pavement. Erasing is most
likely to be found on traffic-polished concrete road.
4. Squeeze Mark – are areas where a sliding tie rubs moisture
of the surface in its path. It occurs on some kind of surface
as erasing except that the surface is wet.
5. Smear of Soft Material – materials such as snow, mud, or
debris usually wet smooth or spread by a sliding tire. It
occurs on road covered with snow, or mud.
6. Smear of Bituminous Material – is excess asphalt or tar,
usually warm which spread by a sliding tire this occurs in
pavement patches and joints in very warm weather and else
where when there is an excess of tar or asphalt bleeding to
the surface.
7. Tire Smear – is a rubber melted from the tire rather than
material melted from the road by a sliding tire.
8. Scrub of Tire during Collision – collision of cars usually
cause the wheel to jam and prevents it from turning. If the
vehicles are moving there will be a heavy scrubbing
action between tire and road surface.
9. Furrow – is a ploughed depression made by a sliding tire with
material piled-up on each sides and usually at the end. If
the soil is smooth and sticky, there m ay be soft material
smear in the bottom of the rut.
Types of E n d i n g S k i d M a r k
10.Overlapping Skid mark – occurs when the rear wheels track
on top of the front wheel marks in sliding.
11.Front Wheel Marks – are in long skids on hard pavement
with bituminous binders. Front wheels skid marks in which
most of the mark is at edge of the tire.
12.Rear Tire Marks – are relatively faint because of lesser
weight on the tire in slowing. They ma y show thread grooves
when the front tire marks do not.
4. Flat Tire Scuffs – will leave marks by a scrubbing action
even without application of brakes due to overload.
5. Gaps in Skid marks – are interruptions in skid marks made by
release of brake pressure and its reapplication.
6. Skip Skid – are skid marks that are broken or interrupted
without brakes being release.
7. Curb in Skid marks – are usually gentle slides toward the
edge of the road which is simply downhill.
S o u r c e s of P o w e r I n T ran sportati on
1. Man Power
2. Animal Power
3. Water and Air Power
4. Petroleum Fuel
5. Bi-fuel, bio gas, and Ethanol fuel
6. Hydrogen
7. Electric
Scuff M a r k s – are signs left on the road by tires that are sliding or
scrubbing while the wheel is still turning.
Types of Scuff M a r k s
1. Decelerating Scuff – are left while the vehicle is slowing
by braking effort and tires are both sliding and rolling.
2. Accelerating Scuff – are left by a wheel driven by the
engine and spinning on the ground.
3. Side Scuff – are scuff marks left by a tire that is free to
rotate without braking or power the sliding sideways, these
are usually left by a vehicle steering around a curb and
also in collision.
4. Combination Scuff – are combination of slide with either
decelerating or accelerating scuffs.
5. Flat Tire Scuff – are marks lefts on the road by the edges
of under-inflated or greatly overloaded tires. They are
usually smear of rubber, a flat tire rolls it become a very
hot specially at the edges where the pressure is greatest.
6. Scrub of Tire – during collision it is much the same when
the wheel is rotating as when it is locked.
7. Furrows – by a rotating and sliding wheel are little different
than one with a locked wheel.
1783 - The Montgolfier brothers invent the first hot air balloons.
1903 - The Wright Brothers invent and fly the first engined
airplane.
Fu ncti on s of Traffic E n g i n e e r i n g
1. Fact finding surveys and recommendation of traffic rules and
regulations.
2. Supervision and maintenance to the application of traffic
control devices.
3. Planning of traffic regulations.
Objectives of traffic E n g i n e e r i n g
4. To achieve efficient, safe, free and rapid flow of traffic.
5. To prevent traffic accidents and casualties.
6. To present the role of traffic engineering in reducing the
needs for police action and simplifying police performance.
7. To show that good police action and performance makes
engineering plans effective.
Traffic I n v e s t i g a t i o n - Objective
1. Securing facts upon which to base an accident prevention program;
2. Determining whether or not laws have been violated, gathering
evidence which will reveal the road user responsible for the
accident, and taking on-the-scene police action; and
3. Ascertaining the facts so that those involved in accidents can
properly exercise claims under our Civil Law.
K i n d s of Traffic I s l a n d s
1. Divisional and or Pedestrian Barrier
2. Channelizing Island
3. Refuge Island
4. Rotary Island
Traffic l a w s - are the laws which govern traffic and regulate vehicles,
while rules of the road are both the laws and the informal rules that
m ay have developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely
flow of traffic.
P u r p o s e of Traffic P atrol
4. Deterrent to violations and dangerous driving.
5. Detecting and apprehending violators.
6. Observing and reporting traffic conditions.
7. Observing and reporting road conditions, including view
obstruction which needs attention.
8. Providing certain services to the public.
Types of Traffic S i g n s
1. Regulatory Signs - are intended to inform road-users of
special obligations, instructions or prohibitions which
must comply. A round shape is used for regulatory signs
with exception of stop and yield signs.
2. Warning Signs - are intended to warn road-users of
danger on
the road and to inform them of its nature. These signs have
an equilateral triangular shape with one side horizontal.
3. Guide or Informative Signs - are intended to guide road-users
while they are traveling or to provide them with other useful
information.
Types of G u i d e S i g n s
1. Route markings – is usually found on highways composed of
several lanes which are going into different direction.
2. Destination and distance signs – is usually erected on
highway informing the motorist as to the number of kilometers
and at which way to take going to its place of destination.
3. Information signs – is usually erected on highway which
informs the motorist of the establishments in the era, such
hospitals, restaurants, restrooms, hotels, and other
establishments which provide services to motorist.
3 State of matter
Solid
Liquid
Gas
4 General
Categorie
s Of Heat
Energy
British Thermal Unit - (BTU) The amount of heat needed to raise the
temperature of one pound of water one degree F.
Classification of Fires
Phases of Fire
Products of Combustion
Fire gases
Flame
Heat
Smoke
The Chief of the Fire Bureau and Chief of the Jail Bureau
shall serve a tour of duty not to exceed four (4) years.
RA 9514 - this act shall be known as the fire code of the Philippines
of 2008. An Act establishing a comprehensive fire code of the
Philippines repealing PD 1185 and for other purposes.
Combustible Fiber - Any readily ignitable and free burning fiber such
as cotton, oakum, rags, waste cloth, waste paper, kapok, hay, straw,
Spanish moss, excelsior and other similar materials commonly
used in commerce.
Corrosive Liquid - Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with
organic matter or with certain chemicals.
Dust - A finely powdered substance which, when mixed with air in the
proper proportion and ignited will cause an explosion.
Fire Lane - The portion of a roadway or public way that should be kept
opened and unobstructed at all times for the expedient operation of
fire fighting units.
Fire Protective and Fire Safety Device - Any device intended for the
protection of buildings or persons to include but not limited to
built-in protection system such as sprinklers and other automatic
extinguishing system, detectors for heat, smoke and combustion
products and other warning system components, personal protective
equipment such as fire blankets, helmets, fire suits, gloves and other
garments that may be put on or worn by persons to protect themselves
during fire.
Flash Point - The minimum temperature at which any material gives off
vapor in sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air.
Hose Box - A box or cabinet where fire hoses, valves and other equipment
are stored and arranged for fire fighting.
Owner - The person who holds the legal right of possession or title
to a building or real property.
Fire Quadrangle
1. Fuel
2. Oxygen
3. Heat
4. Ignition energy
Triangles of Fire
5. Fuel
6. Oxygen
7. Heat
8. water
9. carbon dioxide
Definition of terms
1. Conductive/conduction heat transfer - heat is transferred by direct contact and the rate of transfer is
dependent on factors such as the thermal conductivity of the material and the temperature difference
between the cooler and warmer areas.
2. Convective/convection heat transfer - transfer of heat through physical movement of materials and o
only in liquids and gases. Hot gases rise and spread heat to nearby ceilings and walls.
3. Radiative/radiation heat transfer - heat is transferred if the form of electromagnetic energy directly f
one object to another. ex. infrared radiation from the sun.
Glowing combustion - occurs when solid fuels are not capable of producing sufficient
quantities of g during pyrolysis to sustain a flame. If access to the oxidant (air) is limited, glowing
combustion may re
Flaming combustion -commonly recognized type of fire and occurs with gaseous fuel sources only. T
color of the flame can give some indication of the composition of the fuel.
Spontaneous combustion - the ignition of organic matter with out apparent cause, typically through h
generated internally by rapid oxidation.A process whereby a material self heats.
Explosive combustion - can occur when vapors, dust of gases, premixed with appropriate amount of a
ignited.
Definition of Terms:
Fire analysis - the process of determining the origin, cause and responsibility as well as the failure analysis o
or explosion.
Fire cause - the circumstances or agencies that bring a fuel and an ignition source together with proper air or
oxygen.
Flash fire - a fire that spreads with extreme rapidity such as the one that races over dust, over the surface of
flammable liquids or through gases.
Fuel load - the total quantity of combustible contents of the building, spaces or fire area, including interior fin
and trim expressed in heat units or the equivalent weight in wood.
Point of origin - the exact physical location where a heat source and fuel comes in contact with each other and
fire begins.
Rekindle - a return to flaming combustion after incomplete extinguishment of a fire reigning at some time aft
being put out.
Administrator - any person who acts as agent of the owner and manages the use of a building for him.
Blasting Agent - any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.
Cellulose nitrate or Nitro cellulose - a highly combustible and explosive compound produced by the reaction
nitric acid with a cellulose material.
Cellulose nitrate plastic (Pyroxylin) - any plastic substance,materials or compound having cellulose nitrate a
base.
Combustible/Flammable or Inflammable - Descriptive of materials that are easily set on fire.
Combustible fiber - any readily ignitable and free burning fiber such as cotton,oakum,rags,waste cloth,waste
paper,kapok,hay,straw,Spanish moss,excelsior,and other similar materials commonly used in commerce.
Combustible liquid - any liquid having a flash point at or above 37.8 degrees Celsius or 100 degrees Fahrenh
Corrosive liquid - any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.
Curtain board - a vertical panel of non-combustible or fire resistive materials attached to and extending belo
bottom chord of the roof trusses, to divide the underside of the roof into separate compartments so that heat an
smoke will be directed upwards to a roof vent.
Cryogenic - descriptive of any material which by its nature or as a result of its reaction with other elements
produces a rapid drop in temperature of the immediate surroundings.
Damper - a normally open device installed inside an air duct system which automatically closes to restrict th
passage of smoke or fire.
Distillation - the process of first raising the temperature to separate the more volatile from the less volatile pa
and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce as nearly purified substance.
Dust - a finely powdered substance which when mixed with air in the proper proportion and ignited will cause
explosion.
Electrical arc - an extremely hot luminous bridge formed by passage of an electric current across a space betw
two conductors or terminals due to the incandescence of the conducting vapor.
Ember - a hot piece or lump that remains after a material has partially burned and is still oxidizing without the
manifestation of flames.
Finishes - materials used as final coating of a surface for ornamental or protective purposes.
Fire - the active principle of burning characterized by the heat and light of combustion.
Fire Trap - a building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fir
escapes.
Fire Alarm - any visual or audible signal produced by a device or system to warn the occupants of the buildin
the fighting element of the presence or danger of fire to enable them to undertake immediate action to save life
property and to suppress the fire.
Fire door - a fire restrictive door prescribed for openings in fire separation walls or partitions.
Fire Hazard - any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the probability of the occurren
of fire or which may obstruct,delay,hinder or interfere with firefighting operations and the safeguarding of life
property.
Fire Lane - the portion of a roadway or public way that should be kept opened and unobstructed at all times f
expedient operations of firefighting units.
Fire Protective and Fire Safety Device - any device intended for the protection of buildings or persons to inc
but not limited to built in protection system such as sprinklers and other automatic extinguishing system,detec
for heat,smoke and combustion products and other warning system components,personal protective equipment
such as fire blankets,helmets,fire suits,globes and other garments that may be put on or worn by persons to pro
themselves during fire.
Flash Point - the minimum temperature at which any material gives off vapor in sufficient concentration to fo
an ignitable mixture with air.
Forcing - a process where a piece of metal is heated prior to changing its shape or dimensions.
Hazardous operation/process - any act of manufacturing, fabrication, conversion etc., or produces materials
which are likely to cause fires or explosions.
Horizontal exit - passage way from one building to another or through or around a wall in approximately the
floor level.
Hose Box - a box or cabinet where fire hoses, valves and other equipment are stored and arranged for firefight
Hose Reel - a cylindrical device turning on an axis around which a fire hose is connected.\.
Hypergolic fuel - a rocket or liquid propellant which consist of combinations of fuels and oxidizers which ign
simultaneously on contact with each other.
Industrial Baking and Drying - the industrial process of subjecting materials to heat for the purpose of remo
solvents or moisture from the same and,or to fuse certain chemical salts to form a uniform glazing the surface
materials being treated.
Jumper - a piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to bypass a safety device in an electrical system.
Occupancy - the purpose for which a building or portion thereof is used or intended to be used.
Occupant - any person actually occupying and using a building or portions thereof by virtue of a lease contrac
with the owner or administrator or by permission or sufferance of the latter.
Organic Peroxide - a strong oxidizing organic compound which release oxygen readily. It causes fire
when in contact with combustible materials especially under conditions of high temperature.
Overloading - the use of one or more electrical appliances or devices which draw or consume electrical curre
beyond the designed capacity of the existing electrical system.
Owner - the person who holds the legal right of possession or title to a building or real property.
Oxidizing Material - a material that readily yields oxygen in quantities sufficient to stimulate or support
combustion.
Pressurized or Forced Draft Burning Equipment - type or burner where the fuel is subjected to pressure pri
discharge into the combustion chamber and /or which includes fans or other provisions for the introduction of
above normal atmosphere pressure into the same combustion chamber.
Public Assembly Building - any building or structure where 50 0r more people congregate, gather or assembl
any purpose.
Public Way - any street, alley or other strip of land unobstructed from the ground to the sky, dedicated for pub
use.
Pyrophoric - descriptive of any substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed to air.
Refining - a process where impurities and,or deleterious materials are removed from a mixture in order to pro
a pure element of compound. It shall also refer to partial distillation and electrolysis.
Self Closing Doors - automatic closing doors that are designed to confine smoke and heat and delay the sprea
fire.
Smelting - melting or fusing of metallic ores or compounds so as to separate impurities from pure metals.
Sprinkler System - an integrated network of hydraulically designed piping installed in a building, structure or
with outlets arranged in a systematic pattern which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or
combustion products from a fire.
Standpipe System - a system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be attached on each floor,
including a system by which water is made available to the outlet as needed.
Vestibule - a passage hall or ante chamber between the outer doors and the interior parts of a house or buildin
Vertical Shaft - a enclosed vertical space of passage that extends from floor to floor as well as from the base t
top of the building.
RA no.9514 - Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008 (Dec. 19, 2008).
PD. 1185 - known as the fire code of the Philippines, was enacted into law 1977, repealed by RA no. 9514.
RA no. 9263 - Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Professionalization Ac
2004.
BFP Powers/Functions
BFP Organization
Headed by a Chief who shall be assisted by a Deputy Chief. It shall composed of a Provincial,
District City and Municipal stations.
In large provinces, district offices may be established to be headed by a district fire marshall.
In large cities and municipalities, district offices may be established with subordinate fire stations head
by a district fire marshall.
There shall be at least one fire station in every provincial, capital, city and municipality.
The local government unit shall provide the site of the fire station.
R e m e m b e r the following:
10. The transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement
of fluids.
A. Convection
B. Radiation
C. Conduction
D. None of the above
A ns we r : Fire Technology a n d I n v e s t i g a t i o n
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. D
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. A
19.C
10.A