University of Extrication: New Vehicle Technology Update - Part 2

Jan. 1, 2015

Implement procedures for modern features

SUBJECT: New Technology Update 2015, Part 2

TOPIC: New Vehicle Technology Features

OBJECTIVE: Recognition & Familiarization with New Vehicle Features, Operating Systems & Components

TASK: When confronted with new vehicle features, operating systems and components, the rescue team shall recognize these systems and implement appropriate safety procedures to deal with these systems

The University of Extrication series continues featuring selected new features that may be found on late-model vehicles at a crash or fire scene. Each of the new technology items in this series are important for fire, rescue and EMS personnel to recognize and learn to work with so they may better understand effective actions to take at a scene.

Part two looks at the increasing use of informational labels provided by automakers on their vehicles. Some are important for responders; others don’t matter. We begin with a look at an increasing new trend; providing low- and high-voltage battery location labels found on vehicles and what their presence means or doesn’t mean to responders at an incident scene.

RON MOORE, a Firehouse^® contributing editor, recently retired as a division chief with the McKinney, TX, Fire Department and now serves with Prosper, TX, Fire Rescue. He self-published the Vehicle Rescue 1-2-3 training manual, authors a new monthly online article in the Firehouse.com “MembersZone” and serves as the Forum Moderator for the extrication section of the Firehouse.com website.

Read the rest of the series here:

Part 1: Recognition & familiarization with new vehicle features, operating systems, & components

Part 3: New vehicle technology features