Safety Equipment
Safety vehicles and equipment covers a variety of commodities ranging from truck-mounted attenuators to law enforcement vehicles. These commodities offer safety and protection for operators and highway workers while they carry out their assigned duties. The restrictive safety-related requirements that these commodities must meet may limit the degree in which they can have environmental attributes incorporated; but they may contain a minimum amount of postconsumer recycled content.
The truck-mounted replacement attenuator box assembly meets the requirements of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 350. It can be attached to various highway maintenance vehicles’ existing mounting hardware and is State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (SABRC) compliant.
Contract Name: Attenuator
Contract ID/Number: 1-19-97-06
Fusees, or emergency flares, are distress signals used to alert oncoming traffic. Perchlorate is commonly used to manufacture fusees and it is a regulated drinking water contaminant in California. This contract offers non-perchlorate fusees that have less potential environmental impacts.
Contract Name: Red Fusees (without spikes)
Contract ID/Number: 1-20-13-01
The following technical and environmental specifications are incorporated in the state's contract(s) and are linked here for informational purposes only.
Truck Mounted Attenuators
Attenuators Environmental Bid Specification
Red Fusees
Laws
Truck-Mounted Attenuators
Public Contract Code Sections 12200-12217 - State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign
Red Fusees
None
Regulations
None
Policy
None
Truck-Mounted Attenuators
Federal Highway Administration - National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 350 compliant.
Red Fusees
Underwriter Laboratories (UL) Standard 912 Highway Emergency Signals Section 24-35
buying tips
Look for:
- Red fusee that bear the California State Office of the State Fire Marshal’s seal of approval.