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Permalink Reply by Spanner 122 on July 2, 2008 at 12:48pm

If I could make a suggestion... perhaps only use pictures that have already been made public. Take them from newspaper articles (with permission of course), fire department websites and other public forums. We take photos every time we run a "good" extrication call, but these are not photos we would generally share due to the sensitivity, especially when it comes to the families and whether they would want to happen upon the pictures. I couldn't imagine being a family member of a deceased and happen upon pictures that were never made public before. MVC's are very violent by nature, it can be shocking and painful for family members.

All of that being said, just be cautious of what photos you use. Be sure the sender has guaranteed that you have permission to use them and they have been made public already.

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on July 2, 2008 at 4:45pm

I will add to what Spanner has already said. Photo's from accident scenes can be viewed as HIPAA violations. In the photo's you have provided, you have on the file name that it was a fatality and you can still read the license plate. Be careful you don't cross the line.

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