How Do You Rescue Someone From A Burning Car?
• Divert traffic away from the burning vehicle. Use your car and park it behind the wrecked car, at least 100 ft away, and turn on your hazard lights. Deploy traffic cones and other traffic control devices if you have them. In generally other vehicles are far more dangerous for you than the risk of an explosion. • Know that a car will not explode until the gas tank is empty of gasoline. Liquids are not explosive, vapor from a flammable substance is. So a leaking gas tank raises the risk of an explosion. • Call 911. Tell your location, what has happened, how many persons are in danger and wait for further questions. • Estimate the danger. Think first, then act. • Attempt to extinguish the fire, if you have a fire extinguisher. Get the spurt directly in the flames. Use your little capacity as efficiently and as quickly as possible. • Try to communicate with the passengers. Rush to the driver’s window and check how many passengers there are. If they are conscious tell them to unbuckle the
