Firefighter Health and Safety Practice

If a department has 35 emergency vehicles and 50 traffic accidents per year, what does this indicate about the relative accident rate?

1. High relative accident rate

2. Average relative accident rate

3. Low relative accident rate

4. Unable to be determined

The correct answer is: Unable to be determined

This situation involves evaluating the accident rate based on the number of emergency vehicles and the frequency of traffic accidents. The determination of whether the accident rate is high, average, or low requires a comparison to a standard or expected rate for similar departments or contexts. Since there is no benchmark provided for how many traffic accidents are typical for a specific number of emergency vehicles, it's difficult to draw a definitive conclusion. The absence of comparative data makes it impossible to conclude if 50 accidents per year is relatively high, average, or low without additional context regarding industry standards or historical data. Therefore, the most accurate assessment is that it cannot be conclusively determined from the information provided.