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however, that often get into accidents on the highway. They tend to speed down
the road to meet up with the team and can end up in a serious collision."
If that happens, the TNT Rescue truck will be working to provide assistance,
as local fire departments don't always have the right tools to extricate vehicle
occupants. "One of the issues we see down in Baja is that the smaller volunteer
fire departments don't have a big budget for rescue tools; if they have them at
all," says Morgan. "If they do come across a traffic collision with a later model
car, it will be very hard to rescue those occupants."
Morgan emphasizes that rescue tools have changed over the years to meet
up with new materials used to strengthen modern vehicle cabs. "Today's new
car technology utilizes advanced metals," says Morgan. "These are put into the
parts of the vehicle that are going to protect the occupant. Since this reinforced
advanced steel is stronger, older extraction tools aren't going to work. With
advanced materials, our rescue tools have been kept up to date with the types
of metals that car manufacturers are using to make their vehicles stronger."
One of the other issues that TNT Rescue has to deal with at events like the
SCORE Baja 1000, is the distance and time it takes to reach the scene of an
accident. "In the fire department, there is what is described as the Golden Hour
that is defined as the hour it takes to extricate a vehicle occupant, package them
up, and send them to the emergency room," says Morgan. "Because a race like
