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OVERVIEW
VEHICLE AIRBAG

ENERGY ABSORBING BUMBERS

ROLL BARS/CAGES

ROLL OVER PROTECTION SYSTEM

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A) Deployed airbag is usually safe

1. Dust residue from deployed airbags

can be hazardous if it contacts the
skin or is inhaled

a) Use appropriate personal

protective equipment
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B) Types of airbag systems

1.Supplemental Restraint Systems

(SRS)
2.Side Impact Protection Systems
(SIPS)
3.Head Protection Systems (HPS)
4.Knee bolsters
5.Seat belt pretentioners
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C) Undeployed airbags

1.Steering wheel
2.Inflatable tube/side airbags
3.Window curtain
4.1998 and newer vehicles can
have 1-14 airbags
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Rollover Sensor ( inclinometer)
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Rollover Sensor ( inclinometer)
• Designed to measure the lateral and
vertical acceleration, vehicle speed
and roll rate to predict an impending
rollover

• When the sensors detect a potential

rollover, the control module triggers
the curtain airbags and seat belt pre-
tensioners
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New Style Curtain Airbag
• These sensors work in conjunction
with a new style curtain airbag
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New Style Curtain Airbag
• "Safety Canopy" airbags

• In SUV’s 3rd Row Seating

• Tethers located on the bottom corners

of the bag, lock them in place to
prevent occupants from being ejected.
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Safety Canopy Extrication Safety
• During cutting operations, rescuers
should be aware that with the addition
of the third row section, they may find
two compressed gas inflaters on both
sides of the roof rail instead of one

• These must be visually exposed before

cutting operations begin
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Safety Canopy Concerns:

• These airbags have a controlled

deployment speed and may deploy
much faster than other airbags. The
deployment zone is from the roof rail
to the bottom of the window, the full
length of the vehicle and the bag is
about 5 inches thick
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Safety Canopy Concerns:

• Never lean through the window when

approaching the vehicle.

• These deploy straight down about 18

inches, or to the bottom of the
window and are capable of snapping a
person's neck
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Safety Canopy Concerns:
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Types of Airbags

KEY CONCEPTS:
LOCATIONS DISTANCE SAFETY PLACEMENT
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D) Disabling the airbag
1. Disconnect battery
2. Some models stay active for up to 30
minutes after power is disconnected
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IMAGE GALLERY
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BUMPERS
1. 1974 and newer
2. Avoid direct contact in front or back of vehicle if on fire
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BUMPERS
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Extrication Safety:
Approach front and rear
bumpers at a 45 O angle
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PROTECTION SYSTEM
“Roll Over Protection System (ROPS)” refers to
operator compartment structures (usually cabs or
frames) intended to protect equipment operators and
motorists from injuries caused by vehicle overturns or
rollovers

Backup power supply – In case main power shuts off

Remote Batteries in some vehicles

Safety:
Manual Deployment: Usually on the dash
Takes approximately 4 seconds

Personnel can now safely work and hold C-Spine

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History
One of the earliest ROPS
systems was introduced
by Mercedes in 1986.
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2 Types:
1. Flip-up type
2. Pop-up type
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Deployment:
1. Hydraulic
2. Spring Loaded
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Actuator:
1. Inclinometer used to
sense vehicle inclination
and lateral acceleration
2. G-sensor that detects
vehicle weightlessness if
the vehicle becomes
airborne
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Actuator:
Sensors send information
to a control module the
same as SRS senors do
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Actuator Limitations:
• When the vehicle approaches a lateral angle limit of 62
degrees.

• When the vehicle experiences a lateral acceleration of

approximately 3 Gs.

• When the vehicle approaches it's longitudinal angle

limit at approximately 72 degrees.

• When a combination of longitudinal acceleration and

longitudinal angle would cause the vehicle to roll over in
the forward direction.

• When the vehicle becomes airborne and achieves

weightlessness for at least 80ms.
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Flip-up Type:
• Deployable rollbars are concealed
until activated.
• Flip up in less than three tenths of
a second, much the same as a
deploying airbag

Example: Mercedes two seat

roadster
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Flip-up Type:
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Deployment:
• Deployable rollbars are concealed
until activated.
• Flip up in less than three tenths of
a second, much the same as a
deploying airbag

Example: Mercedes two seat

roadster
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Location:
Some
are
visually
obvious
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Location:
Others pop-
up through
holes
behind the
rear head
rest.
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Extrication Safety:
The control module is just like the
ones used with SRS systems.

They contain capacitors that supply

power to the system in case the
battery is destroyed in the crash.

The average capacitor drain time is 10

seconds.
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Extrication Safety:
EMS personnel should never lean
over the back of a convertible as in
holding C-Spine on an occupant. This
would put the rescuer's head right
over the undeployed roll-bar
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Extrication Safety:
Rescuers must stay out of the
deployment zone in these cases. The
deployment zone is 20 inches straight
up from the bars
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