Excellent point about the FD's ability to respond to hybrid vehicle accidents. I hadn't realized that it was such an issue (that's why I love this site!). Maybe BioDiesel, E85, and Hydrogen hybrids aren't such a bad idea... hopefully they can get the H2 stabalized so it's not a threat like the batteries. Any ideas if the UltraCapacitors they are working on would be even more of a threat than batteries?

Just curious, what are the top dangers? I assume immediately that battery leak is promininent among them, but if the engine is running, how would that affect retrieval of a victim? Just curious... I don't have much experience in this area (though I'm planning on volunteering with the local Ambulance after I take the course this fall).