Ken Hardie INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AUTOTOPIC IT COULD have been a scene right out of the TY show Rescue 911. The police car hustled up to the scene of the accident just as the fire and ambulance vehicles arrived in a show of sirens and lights. Inside a crumpled Firebird a young woman sat surrounded by mangled metal and broken plastic. But this wasn’t a Hollywood production, it took place in Bur- AUTOMOTIVES New video intended to train rescue personnel naby near ICBC’s Research and Training Centre and it was all captured on video tape for the benefit of a very small but impor- tant audience. Its purpose? To train police, fire and ambulance personnel in how to handle air bag-equipped vehicles after an ac- cident. All of the emergency reponse personnel donated their time and equipment, as did our young ‘‘ac- cident victim.’’ Only the Firebird played itself, as it had indeed been in an accident and, thanks to its air bag, the young driver walked away. Air bags represent a giant leap forward in safety measures to reduce injuries. Designed to work with safety belts, they deploy only in serious collisions, ballooning out to prevent the occupant from crashing into the steering column or dash. However, uncertainties about air bag technology have raised a number of concerns among rescue personnel. For inswance, the bags are usually lubricated with talcum powder or corn starch to prevent abrasions. This leaves a powdery residue over the interior of the vehicle after a crash. A story making the rounds in- volved one fire-rescue team in the U.S. hosing accident victims down in the street for fear that this powder was possibly toxic, which it is not. Another situation involves han- ding air bags that have not deployed in an accident. Air bags only work in frontal crashes so rescue teams at the scene of roll- overs or rear-enders may have to deal with an accident victim pinn- ed in front of an undeployed bag. 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