Tag Archives: Safety

I hope that everyone had the time to take in a few extrication classes while you were at FDIC.  If you didn’t, or didn’t make it to FDIC than take a look  at the Fire Engineering Training Minutes by Battalion ...

The 2015 Ford Transit is built with unibody construction. The Transit unibody is lightweight and also highly durable, engineered with high-strength and boron steel. Something to keep in mind is the seating capacity. The Transit “Wagon” seat 8  to 15-passenger ...

Rollcages may be required and need to comply with certain FIA sanctioned races. They are designed to protect the occupants during a vehicle roll-over. The chassis also becomes significantly rigid to promote better handling characteristics. Full FIA WRC weld-in cages ...

The Fiesta comes with seven standard airbags.* In fact, Fiesta was the first in its class to offer a driver’s knee airbag.** This airbag inflates between the driver’s knees and the instrument panel to help provide protection in a crash. ...

The 2014 Chevrolet Malibu include an ultra-high-strength steel safety cage. The Malibu is loaded with 10 air bags for maximum driver and passenger protection. Checkout the screenshots below from Moditech’s Crash Recovery System (CRS) that show all the UHSS. The 2014 ...

The 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe Body Structure makes liberal use of aluminum, magnesium, high-strength steel, and ultra-high-strength steel. View of a bare ATS white body’s engine compartment reveals fully braced cast-aluminum strut towers and fabricated aluminum engine cradle with beautifully ...

Here's a look at the 2014 Chrysler 200 Body Structure and Airbags. An interesting note about the Chrysler 200, the battery is located

Minicars 2014 Chevrolet Spark Small cars 2014 Dodge Dart 2014 Ford Focus 2014 Honda Civic 2-door 2014 Honda Civic 4-door 2014 Hyundai Elantra 2014 Mazda 3 2014 Scion tC 2014 Subaru Impreza 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek 2014 Toyota Prius 2014 ...

I talk with many rescue instructors like Eric Rickenbach and David Dalrymple often how important the EMS aspect of extrication is. After all, the patient, not the vehicle, is the whole reason we are there. If you are heading to FDIC this year I would check out the EMS Aspects of Extrication workshop

Here's the first car developed in China to achieve five star rating, the 2014 Qoro 3 Sedan.