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It seems like everywhere you look these days, there’s a new report about hybrid vehicles and how they’re changing the face of the roadway. For firefighters in particular, these vehicles raise myriad questions: How likely is it that I’m going to respond to an extrication involving a hybrid? How will I know I’m dealing with a hybrid? How should I adjust my tactics? Fortunately, there are many resources available to answer your questions.

With firefighters responding to such a wide variety of incidents these days, it’s critical that the safety officer has? a solid grasp of how to keep personnel safe during technical rescue incidents. Here, Jason Hoevelmann offers both general and discipline-specific guidelines for safety officers operating at such incidents.