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  • The 'Totaled' Vs. 'Totally Destroyed' Vehicle
    The 'Totaled' Vs. 'Totally Destroyed' Vehicle

    To dispel the myth that the physical appearance of a damaged vehicle is a reliable indicator of the dollar value or salvage value of the vehicle.

    Article • June 1st, 1997

  • Understanding Volvo's Side Impact Protection

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    Article • May 1st, 1997

  • Understanding Volvo's Side Impact Protection
    Understanding Volvo's Side Impact Protection

    Understand Volvo's Side Impact Protection System.SUBJECT: Side Impact Protection System (SIPS)TOPIC: Volvo (SIPS) TechnologyOBJECTIVE: Understand Volvo's Side Impact Protection SystemTASK:Identify components and function of Volvo SIPS

    Article • May 1st, 1997

  • "Street Chemistry" For Emergency Responders

    Emergency responders spend considerable amounts of time preparing for fires, medical incidents, police calls and industrial accidents. They take courses in rescue, firefighting, medical treatment and law enforcement. A large number of emergency...

    Article • May 1st, 1997

  • Volvo Side-Impact Airbag System
    Volvo Side-Impact Airbag System

    Understand operation of Volvo Side Impact AirbagsSubject:  Airbag Restraint SystemsTopic:  Side Impact Protection System (SIPS) Airbags

    Article • April 1st, 1997

  • Volvo's Side-Impact Airbag System

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    Article • March 31st, 1997

  • Confined Space Rescue Operations

    Fred Endrikat continues his series on confined space rescues and knowing about your environment.

    Article • March 31st, 1997

  • University of Extrication: Introduction and Orientation
    University of Extrication: Introduction and Orientation

    The University of Extrication series covers three basic aspects of vehicle rescue training; vehicle "New Technology," extrication tool and equipment review, and practical skills evolutions.Subject:  Univeristy of Extrication (U/E) seriresTopic...

    Article • March 1st, 1997

  • University of Extrication: Introduction And Orientation

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    Article • February 28th, 1997

  • High-Rise Rescue

    Joseph V. Brocato describes how with the advent of high-rise construction, fire departments have created teams for challenging fires and rescues.

    Article • February 28th, 1997

  • Dynamite Truck Collides With Fuel Oil Tanker

    A straight truck carrying dynamite and an empty fuel oil tanker truck collided early one July morning in a rural area southeast of Richland Center, WI. The driver of the explosives truck died at the scene; the two other men with him were transported...

    Article • February 28th, 1997

  • Chemical Warfare Agents

    The Sarin gas attack that occurred in a Tokyo subway in 1994 and an earlier such terrorist incident in Matsumoto, Japan, added a new dimension to the threat of chemical agents. In the hands of terrorists, these agents pose a real threat to the...

    Article • January 31st, 1997

  • Preparation Pays Off At Thionyl Chloride Emergency

    Seasoned responders are usually on the lookout for Murphy's Law at emergencies. What can go wrong quite often does go wrong and that is why we are called for help. But old Murphy took a day off at a hazardous material incident in northeastern...

    Article • December 31st, 1996

  • "Hot Zone" Rescue

    Kevin Johnson discusses some causes of responder collapses at hazmat scenes and techniques involved with rescuing incapacitated responders.

    Article • November 30th, 1996

  • Hazmat Triage

    Bob Harty explains how to categorize patients and what to do if they are involved in a hazmat emergency.

    Article • November 30th, 1996

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