Friday Short Haul - Reusing Morgue Reefers, ATRI Research Priorities, FMCSA HOS Declaration
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Do hospitals use Reefer trailers to store dead bodies every flu season? Asking for a friend...
In all seriousness though, that was a sort of sobering mental picture.
But it did get me wondering about how often hospital morgues get full and have to resort to using reefer trailers. I'm going to see what I can Google up, but figured someone here might have an idea or have been involved with that before.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
They even do it doing Hurricanes, I worked for a LTL carrier but they had a Reefer company also and they to 10-20 reefers to the gulf staging areas when major storms were coming.
We had 20 Generator trailers to run our locations what we staged just out the storms as well. Moved them in when in cleared.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Do hospitals use Reefer trailers to store dead bodies every flu season?
Yes. Sue, one of our moderators, was a nurse and she said it's common for morgues to be over-capacity. It's not a sign of anything special.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
That's something there I will never, ever, ever haul. Creeps me out just thinking about it.
I’ll bet you would never park and sleep in a cemetary either...
Now dont get me wrong, it's sad that an article like this has to come up however, meat is meat. When you think about it we are nothing more than another animal (albeit smarter than most) so other than some getting the heebie jeebies because they were humans it's really no different than hauling a load of meat to a reciever. As Brett states reefers are used for this purpose fairly commonly. You may just have one of those behind your tractor RIGHT NOW!!!
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Not this guy. Dry Van Only.
Shipper and receiving waiting games never interested me.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.
I’ll bet you would never park and sleep in a cemetary either...
Not so far. I've put a lot of guys in there for dirt naps, but I've never hauled any headstones.
Do hospitals use Reefer trailers to store dead bodies every flu season?
Yes. Sue, one of our moderators, was a nurse and she said it's common for morgues to be over-capacity. It's not a sign of anything special.
That is what I found too. Not as rare as it seemed, but haven't found many examples outside of natural disasters or heat waves.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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Friday Short Haul - Reusing morgue reefers, ATRI research priorities, FMCSA HOS declaration
CSA:
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
The CSA is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities that are related to commercial motor vehicle
FMCSA:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The FMCSA was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000. Their primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.
What Does The FMCSA Do?
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.