{"id":1564,"date":"2024-02-01T13:18:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:29:57","slug":"keep-watch-keep-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/news\/keep-watch-keep-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Watch. Keep Safe."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federation Internationale de l\u2019Automobile in collaboration with the FIA Volunteers and Officials Commission (VOC) is launching a campaign aimed at raising awareness of safety issues among our group of marshals and officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are the 10 Golden rules (all sound advice!):<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make sure you are standing up, fully alert and facing oncoming traffic while the track or special stage is live<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be prepared for any situation even during Safety Car procedures, a formation lap or after the chequered flag.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always have an escape plan in place. You must protect yourself from danger. Be ready to help anyone else.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not lean on any guardrail, concrete blocks, or debris fences. They are designed to move when hit by vehicles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not move in front of barriers unless instructed by the Clerk of the Course or your Senior Marshal. Only remain trackside for the minimum time necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If in doubt at any time, seek advice from your Senior Officials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always check and double check the status of the circuit or special stage before leaving your post to assist a competitor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protect yourself from extremes of weather, hearing damage, dust and dirt in your eyes. Wear suitable footwear and gloves for handling hot or sharp debris.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attend all safety and operational briefings and follow instructions from Senior Officials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be careful when climbing over barriers or climbing up or down from earth banks. Check that flag signals are being shown for your protection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/03\/FIA_KWKS-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1565 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/03\/FIA_KWKS-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/03\/FIA_KWKS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/03\/FIA_KWKS.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Read the full story here <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fia.com\/news\/campaign-launched-safeguard-fias-volunteers-and-officials\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.fia.com\/news\/campaign-launched-safeguard-fias-volunteers-and-officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation Internationale de l\u2019Automobile in collaboration with the FIA Volunteers and Officials Commission (VOC) is launching a campaign aimed at raising awareness of safety issues among our group of marshals and officials. Here are the 10 Golden rules (all sound advice!): Read the full story here https:\/\/www.fia.com\/news\/campaign-launched-safeguard-fias-volunteers-and-officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":801,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshals.co.uk\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}