Monthly Archives: November 2011

Car fire on the 39th floor?

So you are dispatched to a car fire……on the 39th floor of a high rise! No really, it’s possible

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Moditech has done it again! Free Extrication App! Well kind of Free! But not really Free!

Moditech the people behind the Crash Recovery System have stepped up to the plate and hit a homerun by offering a version of CRS on the iPad. The app named iCRS Standard USA was released on the iTunes app store on November 18, 2011 for low price of FREE! Yes free! If you have an iPad this is a must have app! Download and use it to test the extrication knowledge of your crew.

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Chevy Volt Battery Fire, Still in the news!

Ok so if the battery is leaking it could catch on fire. Got it! Please tell me that it doesn’t take a masters in engineering to figure out a HV battery leaking coolant (or anything for that matter) is not good. Should it really be a surprise that after three weeks of coolant leaking out of a “charged” battery caught fire?

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Chevrolet Volt catches fire weeks after crash, feds probe.

The headline that started making the rounds thru the news networks was "Chevrolet Volt catches fire after crash". What you have to read into the story is the Chevrolet Volt caught fire in storage more than three weeks after a government crash test. That's right three weeks after the test. The first news report I heard completely left out that it happened three weeks after the test.

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2012 Chevrolet Sonic Body Structure

The body structure of the all-new 2012 Chevrolet Sonic sedan and hatchback. Nearly 60 percent of the body structure, as well as the four-mount hydro-formed engine cradle, use high-strength steel. Ultra-high-strength steel is strategically integrated in the forward portion of the rockers and the center cross bar.

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Spring Window Punch Extrication Tools

How many window punches have met the end of their useful life in your bunker pants pocket? How about the glass master on the rig? Does that punch on the end of the glass master still work? How many times have you set the spring on the typical window punch only to find out its broken? Sure you can break the window with just about anything, but that’s not the right way.

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Where is the Service HV Disconnect on a Nissan Leaf?

Hopefully by now, no one is intimidated by electric or hybrid vehicles. Once the High Voltage (HV) battery is disconnected all you have is a vehicle that has a really big battery in it. However, learning how to safely disconnect the HV battery by pulling out the service disconnect plug requires one key of information, where is it? The service disconnect plug can be located inside a console, the trunk, or even hidden under the carpet. The Nissan Leaf’s service disconnect is located under the carpet behind the center console.

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Moditech Extrication Training Magnet Labels

So you cannot get a late model vehicle with all the new airbags with the hidden stored gas inflators. Not to mention all the Ultra-High Strength Steel (UHSS) used in the body structures. No problem! Moditech has created a very simple training tool that can be used as an evolution evolves.

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