Guidelines for the Design and Procurement of Incident Response Vehicles

Incident response vehicles (IRVs) are used to attend incident sites to make the sites safer and provide recovery services to affected networks, vehicles and persons. They are tailor-made vehicles designed with specific considerations for the safety of the incident responders, road workers and road users. To support procurement process of IRVs with national consistency of practice, this guideline presents various aspects to consider when procuring IRVs. This document provides stakeholders with guidance on models/types and design specifications of incident response vehicles. The guide focuses on three vehicle types: tow trucks, truck-mounted attenuators and utility vehicles. In general, the design considerations are separated into three stages: determining models and general specifications, determining additional features and equipment, and determining markings, signs and other identification measures to ensure visibility and identifiability of the incident response vehicles.