Telsa Model X Crash
Take a look at the pictures and video below from a crash on the highway involving a Telsa Model X.
Links to stories:
- Driver Dies Following Fiery Tesla Model X Crash on Calif. Hwy
- Driver dies after Tesla Model X catches fire in California
- Driver Dies Following Fiery Tesla Model X Crash on U.S. Hwy. 101 in Mountain View
Here is the scene on Highway 101S in #MountainView where a #Tesla caught on fire pic.twitter.com/ksnidlFgsw
— Dean C. Smith (@DeanCSmith) March 23, 2018
Small explosions within the body of the #Tesla just now as technicians remove damaged batteries 💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/EI1vZTPUUd
— Dean C. Smith (@DeanCSmith) March 23, 2018
Fiery crash involving #Tesla has been cleared from HWY 101S in #MountainView 🔥 Towtruck with Tesla has @CHP_RedwoodCity and @MtnViewFire escort to tow yard, just in case… pic.twitter.com/sLiBCWIyKX
— Dean C. Smith (@DeanCSmith) March 23, 2018
Vehicle Rescue
ISO standard 17840 Rescue Information
Automakers are releasing new Emergency Response Guides in the ISO 17840 format as requested by the NTSB. The ISO 17840 is designed to make the guides more uniform and common looking to help responders.
OEM Emergency Response Guides
Automakers are releasing new Emergency Response Guides in the ISO 17840 format as requested by the NTSB. The ISO 17840 is designed to make the guides more uniform and common looking to help responders. Take a look at the Jeep Grand Cherokee Emergency Response Guide that Stellantis sent over to me.
Quick Overview: ISO 17840
Road vehicles — Information for first and second responders
Defines the content and the layout of the rescue sheet providing necessary and useful information about a vehicle involved in an accident/incident to support the rescue team in rescuing the vehicle occupants as quickly and safely as possible.
The contents and layout consider that the rescue sheet has to be easy to use by rescue teams over the world and can be communicated in paper or electronic format.
The rescue process or the process of handling the rescue sheets is not covered by this document.
More information on ISO17840 here.
Shoring
Vehicle Into a House (Toledo, OH)
In October of 2021, Toledo Fire & Rescue was dispatched to reports of a vehicle into a house. The vehicle lost control and entered the home inverted trapping two occupants of the car.
Vehicle Into a House (Toledo, OH)
In October of 2021, Toledo Fire & Rescue was dispatched to reports of a vehicle into a house. The vehicle lost control and entered the home inverted trapping two occupants of the car. Technical Rescue team members worked to shore the structure as additional crews extricated the two occupants of the vehicle. One of them suffered fatal injuries, the other was transported to a local trauma center with life-threatening injuries. Firefighters were able to remove the uninjured occupant of the home through a second window by ladder. No firefighter injuries were reported with this incident.
Car into a house
Buffalo Firefighters of the 4th Battalion 4th Platoon responded to a car into a house in the 600 block of Auburn Avenue in the City’s Elmwood Village. Rescue Co.1 and the Collapse Team also were dispatched. Photos below were taken by Timothy O’Brien and posted on the Buffalo Fire Department-Helmets & Hose Wagons Facebook page.
