Da Groj

Interesting article today from part of the SCCA spam I get...largely the same material we cover in our own drivers meetings, but good reinforcement.

Course Worker Guidelines By the Solo Safety Committee

The Solo Events Board asked the Solo Safety Committee to develop a set of Course Worker Guidelines — to make sure that we’re all on the same page when it comes to what we expect of our course workers. So, here goes:

- Down and out rule – make sure all workers understand it

- You’re there to work – no cameras, cell phone calls, or music at worker stations and minimal idle chatter

- On your feet when cars are on the course

- Photographer (with spotter) should not be placed at worker station

- Stay hydrated — alternate between water and Gatorade if possible

- Never turn your back on the cars

- Spread out — use a satellite worker if necessary – not at the outside of turns

- “Own” a section of the course

- Watch the cars pass and follow them with your eyes- this catches cones that just move a little

- Hustle to reset cones and get back to your worker position

- Watch out for each other — every worker is every other worker’s “spotter”

- Worker with radio should also have red flag – flag unfurled and held against pole

- If you have to red flag a car, be prepared to tell the driver why and how to proceed off-course

- Carry a fire bottle cradled in your arms like it’s a baby — not flailing loosely about where it can smack you in the shins

- To use a fire bottle, pull the pin — aim nozzle at base of flames — squeeze handle — and sweep back and forth (P-A-S-S)

- Methanol fires require water, not traditional fire bottles. Hard to “see” a methanol fire in the daylight — blue flames.

A good list.
Hope everybody learns it; knows it; lives it.

Never really thought about going over the use of the fire extinguisher, but how many people have actually had to use one (hopefully not too many). Some good info there!

shakedown067 wrote:Never really thought about going over the use of the fire extinguisher, but how many people have actually had to use one ....

Me, twice! Plus twice more on the highway...once on my own car, and once on another.

shakedown067 wrote:Never really thought about going over the use of the fire extinguisher, but how many people have actually had to use one (hopefully not too many). Some good info there!

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I've only had to use one once...when the kids set the neighbors yard on fire on the 4th of July shooting off fireworks about 7-8 years ago. I was impressed with how well my kitchen extinguisher worked!