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      08-15-2014, 04:25 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by chrisny View Post
+1. A bit alarming that they need special training for this car. How long until every local, volunteer fire department has this training... Seems like a big risk to me.

I remember a time, when local fire department's did not know to NOT use water hose when an air-cooled VW Beetle was on fire. The water fed the fire and would make the alloy(magnesium) engine case explode(!) - when water was added to the fire. Know they know better.

With every technology, there is always a lag, before the tech becomes common knowledge for first responders. I'm sure in today's world that lag is at a minimum.
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