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The List of Extrication Apps

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Is there is an app for that?  If you are looking for an extrication app the answer is yes!  You can download Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide for free or subscribe to the flagship extrication app, iCRS for the cool price of $499.99.  However, don’t let price tag for iCRS scare you.  Moditech, the makers of iCRS, just released and iPhone app for just $14.99 with an Android version in the works.  Did I miss one?  Let me know and I’ll add it!

Extraction Zones
  • Extraction Zones LLC was founded by Adam Weiss, a Firefighter in Las Vegas, NV. and his partner Michael Forte, an Entrepreneur located in Austin, TX.The extrication tools used by first responders are extremely powerful and essential to saving the lives of car collision victims. The situations that these men and women find themselves in is next to impossible for an average person to comprehendThe Extraction Zones app provides location information for airbags, seatbelt pretensioners, electric and propulsion systems, as well as structural reinforcements for many of the most popular cars on the road as well as most hybrid vehicles. Users can view this information all at once or only view pertinent information by hiding components as needed. Extraction Zones also provides an alternative night mode for darker surroundings.
Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide
  • Field Applications, LLC, is a group effort. Their products are designed by firefighters and paramedics, graphic designers and software engineers. Cal Blake is the founder. He has worked as a first responder in California since 2006.
iCRS Standard USA
  • Moditech Rescue Solutions B.V. designed the Crash Recovery System (CRS) 10 years ago to solve this controversy between safety and accessibility. Now the CRS made its way to the iOS platform. With the iCRS app, rescue relevant technical vehicle information in regards to restraint systems, reinforcements, propulsion systems are available at your fingertipsSpecially developed for emergency responders, iCRS provides an invaluable source of information. After selection of the right model from the comprehensive database, iCRS shows an interactive top and side view of the vehicle, indicating the exact location of rescue relevant equipment in various color schemes. Additional information can be displayed to indicate how to safely disable these systems during rescue operations.
  • Know whatʼs inside! iCRS enables emergency resonders to:
    1. Access a comprehensive database including all airbag equipped passenger cars available in North-America.
    2.  Latest technology included (hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles, new airbag technologies and advanced steel reinforcements).
    3. Quick and easy access to all rescue relevant vehicle information.
    4. Access deactivation information to disable the propulsion and restraint systems within seconds.
    5. Base extrication plans on the actual vehicle equipment to save valuable time.
    6. Database updates available every other week.
Opel Rescue Cards
  • Opel is placing the information for some 60 models from 1991 to present on a mobile portal that can be used on any smartphone which has access to the Internet. This free mobile service is available in 10 European languages[1] and enables rescue crews to access important information instantly. An eleventh language, Turkish, will follow shortly.

2012 Honda Civic Hybrid Extrication Hazards

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You are dispatched to an MVA with a Honda Civic and another vehicle.  You ATF that the appearance of the 2012 Civic Hybrid is essentially the same as conventional Civic sedans.  The only difference is the word “Hybrid” appears on the right rear of the vehicle on the Hybrid model.

2012 Honda Civic Hybrid Extrication Hazards

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The Cut Zones are highlighted in blue below.  Make sure you take note of the Side Curtain Airbag Inflators in the C-Pillar.

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2012 Honda Civic hybrid technical illustration for engine, hybrid IMA layout with Intelligent Power Unit (IPU) and chassis.



BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid F04 Emergency Responder Guide

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The BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid F04 Emergency Responder Guide is avaible at Electric Vehicle Safety Training.  Below are two images that provide a brief overview of the locations of all the hazards inside of the vehicle.

Extrication Smartphone App Update!

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Rescue CardsI posted almost a month ago about the Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide by Field Applications, LLC.   I received an email over the weekend from the founder of Field Applications, Cal Blake.  Cal informed me that Hybrid Extrication Guide. Version 1.1 has just been released.  This update includes improved schematics from Moditech and updates for all 2011 Hybrid models.  So grab your on iPhone, Android, and or iPad and make sure you update your app and download it if you don’t have it!

Other smartphone extrication apps are

If you are still look for more fire/EMS apps check out Rhett’s post over on the FireCritic.com; Android Applications for the Fire & EMS Service.  If I missed an extrication app, please let me know so I can add it!

Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide by Field Applications (Another FREE app!)

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I’m a huge fan of anything useful to the fire service that is provided free of charge.  Well, I found another extrication app for smartphones and the iPad.  It’s called the Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide by Field Applications, LLC.  The guide is available on iPhone, Android and iPad.  I downloaded the guide onto my droid and I must say I’m really impressed!

Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide Field Applications

Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide Field Applications

Field Applications, LLC is a group effort located in Redwood City, California.  Their products are designed by firefighters and paramedics, graphic designers and software engineers. Cal Blake is the founder who works as a first responder in California.

Below is a quote from their website Extricationguide.com that sums up the character of the people behind their product:

Cost is always a factor in operations, especially for academies and cadets, small departments, and volunteer services. That’s why the Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide is available for free in the App Store. We want it to be available to everyone.