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Permalink Reply by Doug on October 16, 2009 at 5:11pm

We drain all fluids, as much as possible, as a precaution for personal and enivornmental safety reasons. I too am wondering now, great question.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on October 16, 2009 at 7:09pm

The NFPA standard for removing fuel tanks, drive shafts, etc. is addressed for burning a car as a firefighting prop.
1670 would be the analog for rescue training, but I can't find a reference to specifics of removing fuel tanks, etc.

We typically do not remove fuel tanks, but we're careful to roll the vehicle to the opposite side from the fuel filler if we put one on its side for advanced stabilization training. If the car is in running order, we run it out of fuel prior to training with it.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Brooks on October 16, 2009 at 7:24pm

We don't remove them, we just puncture and drain them. Due to the people that have always made us do it, and now as an instructor I do it too, I have to assume that this is not someting they came up with. Our department is very good about following training guidelines, we have use 1403 for years for burns.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Brooks on October 17, 2009 at 8:34pm

Nobody?

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