Ditto here and second his comment about firefighters.

 

o.k., well since you did so much for the firefighters ZX, I think it's only right that I come back and tell you how it went. We went through every component of new airbag and safety device technology and things to look out for. It was about a 2 1/2 hour powerpoint presentation that included online video's and animations. When it was all said and done we had a hybrid for the guys to check out and go over. After that we went over to my Tahoe which had every piece of safety equipment labeled. They commented quite a bit about the new guys who cut the D post without stripping plastic and in this case the side curtain cylinder was directly in the cut zone. We also demonstrated the smart airbags that turn off and on depending on weight. There also was a great deal of discussion about how the side curtain airbag could deploy when we are in the process of removing a door, especially if a cell phone or laptop is backfeeding power into the vehicle through the cigarette lighter. It went 40 minutes longer than scheduled but not because I held them, they stayed walking around discussing everything. Comments I received today were great. You rarely hear these guys compliment any training since they can become boring and mundane but they thought it was great. Many, many compliments.

The training has been requested on CD by some of our part time people who are full time on other departments. These trainings seem to travel around us pretty fast if people like them.

Thanks again and thanks everyone for the great comments about firefighters. We love our jobs and most of the people we protect (except the ones that come at me with baseball bats).