Chapter 25 Vehicle Extrication Flashcards
NHTSA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration- sets and enforces standards
USDOT
US Department of Transportation- develops and and coordinates policies
IIHS
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety- test integrity of vehicles
ANSI
American national standards institutes- develops standards
NFPA 1006 and 1670
1006- standards for an individual
1670- standards for a HTR crew
TERC
Transportation Emergency Rescue Committee- Certs
NTSB
National transportation safety board- accident investigations
- Passenger Vehicles
2. Medium/Heavy
- cars, light trucks, 10 people or less 2 axles 4 tires less than or equal to 10,000 lbs
- 1300-3200 medium, 33000 and up- Heavy
types of frame
- full/rigid
- unibody frame
- space frame
PTO’s
Power Take Off
Winch danger zone
length of cable 360 degrees around
Inverter
12v to 110ac
AFD stabilizing kit
- 12 pc. of 4x4 18 inch long
- 4 pc. of 4x4 wedge
- 1 pair of chocks
lift air bag PSI?
116 psi at one inch
cutting torch
no greater than 15psi 3/4 of a turn to open
Torch temps
- Exothermic
- Arc
- Plasma arc
- Oxyacetylene
- Oxygasoline
- 8000
- 6000-10000
- 50,000
- 4200-5700
- 2800
action area? (hot zone)
10-15ft, full PPE and SCBA incase of smoke/fire, hearing protection, foot protection
Vehicle Categories
- Micro cars- less than 10ft
- Subcompact- wheel base 100”
- Compact- 100-104
- Midsize- 105-109
- full size- 110-114
- Limo- 114
HPS
Head protection system
ROP
Roll over protection
Seat belt/pretensioner
avoid cutting hard to locate locks belt during crash
Air Bag ABC’s
Always respect deployment path
Be aware of air bags
Caution when cutting and manipulating (yellow wires)
bag clearance
5 inches- side
10 inches- steering wheel
12-18- side curtain
20- passenger side air bag
