Specialist driver assessments for emergency services
Assess hazard anticipation and gap judgement using research-led tools developed from real ambulance and fire service driving footage.
Blue-light footage • Published research • Online delivery
For ambulance and fire services
Built for ambulance and fire services
- Ambulance Hazard Prediction Test
- Fire Appliance Hazard Prediction Test
- Fire Appliance Gap Judgement Test
- Delivered through EsituDrive
Why emergency driving requires specialist assessment
Emergency response drivers operate in environments that differ significantly from everyday driving. Navigating large vehicles under blue lights, responding to unpredictable road user behaviour and making rapid decisions under pressure requires advanced hazard anticipation and vehicle positioning skills.
Real emergency response scenarios
Assessments developed using footage captured from ambulance and fire service vehicles during real-world blue-light response driving.
Beyond traditional driver assessment
Measure higher-order skills such as hazard anticipation and gap judgement rather than focusing solely on vehicle control.
Research-led and evidence based
Developed from published research and translated into practical assessment tools for operational use.
Our emergency service assessment suite
Developed from real emergency response driving footage, our specialist assessments help organisations identify development needs and support safer operational driving.
Ambulance Hazard Prediction Test
Measures a driver's ability to identify and anticipate developing hazards using footage captured during real-world blue-light response driving.
Fire Appliance Hazard Prediction Test
Assesses hazard anticipation and risk recognition using specialist fire appliance footage recorded during emergency response driving.
Fire Appliance Gap Judgement Test
Evaluates a driver's ability to judge whether a fire appliance can safely navigate restricted spaces and challenging manoeuvres.
Supporting driver development within the National Ambulance Service
Our hazard prediction methodology has progressed beyond academic research and into operational deployment.
Working with the National Ambulance Service in the Republic of Ireland, our assessments have been used to support driver development and provide greater insight into hazard anticipation performance across emergency response drivers.
This demonstrates how specialist assessment can help organisations move beyond traditional driver evaluation approaches and support evidence-based development programmes.
Read the Case StudyDeveloped through emergency services research
Our emergency service assessments are underpinned by research into hazard prediction, driver behaviour and emergency response driving. Research findings have been translated into practical assessment tools that can be deployed online through EsituDrive.
Hazard Prediction Research
The Fire Appliance Hazard Prediction Test was developed from research investigating how emergency service drivers identify and anticipate developing hazards.
Emergency Service Specific
Developed using specialist emergency service footage and scenarios designed to reflect the challenges faced by ambulance and fire service drivers.
Practical Application
Research findings have been translated into operational assessment tools suitable for driver development, training needs analysis and safety initiatives.
Delivered through EsituDrive
Emergency service assessments can be delivered online through EsituDrive, making it simple to assign tests, monitor completion and review driver performance.
Managers can access clear results and use the data to support targeted driver development, training needs analysis and safety initiatives.
- Assign assessments remotely
- Track completion across teams
- Review individual driver performance
- Identify development needs
- Support evidence-based training decisions
Ready to improve emergency driver safety?
Discover how our research-led hazard prediction and gap judgement assessments can help ambulance and fire services identify development needs, support targeted training and improve operational driver safety.