- 6,360
- 8,180
I'm glad I'm out of the firefighter biz, when I left the hybrids were starting to get more plentiful, when firefighters look at cars it's more like..."what hazards do I need to overcome to either extinguish a fire, or to release trapped victims".
Hybrids are rolling haz mat incidents, 300 volt wiring you have to cut around, if the battery container is compromised the contents will react on the aluminum frame of the car.. etc etc. multiple and sometimes redundant electrical systems that can activate 1 or more of the (as many as 8) air bags that didn't trigger in the wreck... this stuff massively influences extrication times.
and now we get hydrogen cells,.. what could possibly go wrong?
Hybrids are rolling haz mat incidents, 300 volt wiring you have to cut around, if the battery container is compromised the contents will react on the aluminum frame of the car.. etc etc. multiple and sometimes redundant electrical systems that can activate 1 or more of the (as many as 8) air bags that didn't trigger in the wreck... this stuff massively influences extrication times.
and now we get hydrogen cells,.. what could possibly go wrong?