This pic is enough to make your heart miss a beat. The good news is that no one was hurt. A good friend who works as a firefighter shared this image with me. The mustang was donated by Ford for emergency response training. Coudn't they have acheived the same with a Ford Focus or Dodge Neon????????

Makes me appreciate mine even more.

 

Or a V6? (no offense intended - just a pure supply and demand issue...)

:cry:

 

You beat me to it.

 

While it is sad to see a new Mustang cut up, it is a very good idea on Ford's part. Letting Emergency Services test on the Mustang is the best way to train for a real extrication procedure. The point of the whole drill is to train them on the new vehicle design. A simple thing such as the side airbags can make a huge difference in an emergency. It's good to know that Ford is providing the education for the services

 

you mean they did that for training.....noooooooooooooooo!!!!! why???????
couldnt they have used a corvette? and what they do run it under a Semi, howd that happen to the roof?

 

Kind of makes me wish i had got the side airbags on mine.

Fritz, Silver GT Premium , IUP and S1000 .... and KDWS 255/50/17s

 

For a lot of serious accidents especially ones with neck injuries we will remove the roof and recline the seat to slide the backboard right under the victim.

They used a chisel or sawzall to cut at the fender to gain access to front hinges. Once you pop or cut them off the door while essentially roll off of the Nader pin. The less violent the shaking of the vehicle while removing the door the better. You stabalize it the best you can but that doesn't always stop a sudden "jolt" which can be detrimental to the victims life if he/she has sustained a neck injury.

From what I can see this department did a really good job. P61CBI, tell your buddy that they have a very well trained department

 

I'll be you anything it was a pre-production car destined for the scrap-heap anyway.

 

They did a nice job however they missed one crucial step in stabalizing the vehicle. The tires still have air in them. The first 2 steps for an extrication are disconnecting the battery and stabilizing the vehicle. I can't tell about the battery but I'm sure that was done. The wheels should be chocked with blocks, inserted behind the front wheels and infront of the back wheels. The blocks are to be up as close to the rocker panel as possible. Then once all four wheels are chocked, the air is let out of the tires and the vehicle rests on the blocks. Nice and secure and won't move thereby reducing the risk of further injuring a patient with a neck/spinal injury.

Another good practice is to make a 3rd door. We practiced that extrication procedure and it works really well.

All in all though, nicely done.

 

here some of us have been waiting for months, and they go and give a GT away to be cut when a V6 would have been fine for this excercise. :bang: :bang:

 

That'll buff right out and she'll be as good as new.

 

....or maybe Ford should have brought a GTO and donated that??

 

Yeah I think its a good idea but why not use a V6 instead of a GT? Seems crazy. :scratch:

 

Perhaps this car was a lemon buy-back that they could not sell.

Either way it is good to see that the local fire departments are getting some training on the newer cars.

 

Your right 66 it is per- production Mustang show car from car shows from this winter. :worship:

 

what a cool mod! i never knew how easy it was to turn your coupe into a convertible.

 

I am sure it is.

Many times carmakers donate non-saleable vehicles to highschool autoshops and things of this nature. At least the car is put to some kind of learning purpose before it is destroyed.

 

So... ummm.... how much they want for that front bumper & grill?

 

AHHHHH! Get it away!!

 

OMG, even as a firefighter trained in vehicle extrication, god that is just aweful!!! If i came onto an accident scene with an 05 and had to cut it open with a person it in, I'd be affraid to cut it, I'd be crying as I cut away at it, and thinking of my baby.......