First Responders and Green Automobiles

More and more these days car manufacturers and energy producers are expanding their product lines to answer the demands of an increasingly environmentally conscious consumer base. As they do so, the solutions that they come up with produce heretofore unheard of problems for first responders when these cars are involved in accidents. For example, tunneling to a victim through the trunk was a relatively common method but now emergency personnel have to check to see that there isn’t a big hybrid battery back there first.

As with any new technology there isn’t yet a standard way of doing things. Dangerous or flammable chemicals are lurking in all sorts of different places on these new vehicles and first responders need to know every hiding place to protect the safety of the victims as well as themselves.

Extrication.com has gathered together a nice collection of links with hybrid safety information for first responders. With practical advice and information as well as links to hybrid manufacturer’s emergency responder information it’s definitely worth checking out.