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By Mark van der Feyst
We mentioned last week about the possibility of dangerous products and materials being present in an intermodal container. The same possibility exists within a motor vehicle.
Personal vehicles are exempt from any law that requires placards for identification purposes — the potential for a trunk filled with some type of hazardous or dangerous materials is very real. When a vehicle is on fire, always be properly dressed in PPE and SCBA to be fully protected from any respiratory and other hazards.
There are many videos out there showing firefighters fighting car fires without the proper PPE — do not be one of them.