Conditions of Use

Effective Date: September 2008

Welcome to the HybridHazards.info website, which is located at www.HybridHazards.info (the "Website"). This Conditions of Use ("COU") contain the terms and conditions that govern your use of the Website and the HybridHazards.info Products (as defined below). This COU describes your rights and responsibilities and what you can expect from the HybridHazards.info products. Use of the HybridHazards.info Website constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to this COU.

HybridHazards.info reserves the right to add, delete and/or modify any of the conditions of use contained in this COU, at any time and in its sole discretion. In the event of substantive changes to this COU, you may be notified by email. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to not use the Website and HybridHazards.info products. Your continued use of the HybridHazards.info Website following posting of a change notice or new COU on the HybridHazards.info Website will constitute binding acceptance of the changes.

Products/Field Guides:
Information contained in our field guides/manuals outline procedures for first responders using safe, effective methods. The procedures contain many notes, cautions, and WARNINGS which should be followed, along with standard procedures, to hopefully eliminate the possibility of personal injury.

Although information in our field guide/manual is based on industry sources and is complete as possible at the time of publication, the possibility exists that some vehicle manufacturers made later changes / updates, which could not be included here. While striving for total accuracy, we cannot assume responsibility for any errors, changes or omissions that may occur in the compilation of this data.

Even though the instructions have been checked for accuracy and ease of application; success and safety when working around hybrid vehicles depend to a great extent upon individual accuracy, team accuracy, skill and caution. For this reason, we are not able to guarantee the result of any procedure contained herein. Nor can we assume responsibility for any damage to property or injury to persons occasioned from the procedures. Persons engaging in the procedures do so entirely at their own risk therefore; Neither Internet Listing Service, hybridhazards.info, Hybrid Hazards Co., its affiliates nor any of their third party licensors shall be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, special or exemplary damages.

Manual - Hybrid General Guidelines & Warnings

On arrival, emergency responders should always follow their standard operating procedures for vehicle incidents except as noted in manufacturer’s vehicle specific emergency response guides. In most cases emergencies involving hybrids may be handled like other automobiles once the vehicle has been immobilized and disabled.

NEVER ASSUME a hybrid vehicle is shut off simply because it is QUIET.
NEVER ASSUME HV cables are disabled simply because an airbag has deployed.
ALWAYS MAKE SURE vehicle is shut off/disabled & HV & SRS systems are DISABLED.

High Voltage systems may remain powered up to 10 minutes after vehicle is shut off or disabled. Avoid touching, cutting, or breaching any high voltage power cable or high voltage component.

SRS systems may remain powered up to 3 minutes after vehicle is shut off or disabled. Disarming air bag system electronically does NOT relieve the pressure contained in hybrid gas inflators. The only safe Air Bag cylinder is one that has been deployed. Un-deployed air bag gas cylinders carry a 3000+psi charge, therefore NEVER cut into an un-deployed air bag cylinder.

Hybrid Vehicle WARNING:
Failure to shut off or disable a hybrid vehicle before emergency response procedures are performed may result in serious injury or death from the unintentional deployment of the SRS Air Bag Systems or severe burns, electric shock or death from HV electrical systems or HV battery packs.

If disabling procedures can not be performed, proceed with extreme caution as there is no assurance that the high voltage electrical system, SRS, CNG or fuel pumps are disabled.

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