Honda Donates 20 Vehicles for Rescue Training At Honda Manufacturing of Alabama

More than 40 emergency rescue workers from five states put spreaders, cutters and ram tools to work on-site at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) this week to gain hands-on, real-world training in vehicle crash extraction.

During the two-day training course, emergency professionals and first responders practiced rescue techniques using 20 out-of service Honda Pilot sport utility vehicles and Odyssey minivans.

Proper training is a critical factor in successful rescue in the event of an automobile accident, said Todd Hoffman, who conducted the training class for SOTA, Inc. This opportunity for hands-on training is greatly beneficial to our first responders when they are faced with real-world accidents.

The extrication field course conducted on-site at Honda provided fire and rescue professionals the chance to cut, crack and saw open the late-model, out-of-service Odyssey and Pilot vehicles.

These vehicles are pre-production and test vehicles destined to be crushed when their service is completed, said James Freer, HMA General Services Department Manager. Although it was difficult to watch our products get destroyed, its comforting to know it is being done to ultimately extend another level of safety to our customers.

Rescue workers were trained in the proper use of powerful, hydraulically-controlled devices, including a tool that is commonly called the jaws of life. The training included cutting off the doors and roofs of the vehicles and instruction in techniques of how to calm, comfort and properly remove accident victims without causing further injury.

Typically, old, wrecked or junkyard salvage vehicles are used in such training. Program participants said working with newer vehicles gave experience in dealing with high-strength steel and other metals used today.

The training is meant to prepare the attendees for true accident conditions and be as real-to-life as possible. Responding to an accident that has just happened is not the time to learn how to remove a door from a vehicle, Hoffman said.

Working in conjunction with the City of Talladega Fire Department, the City of Lincoln Fire Department and Scene Of The Accident, Inc., participants from Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois and the Greensburg, Indiana, Fire Department (home of Honda Manufacturing of Indiana) were included in the training program.

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[jumper1294]

do not feel bad for the honda's they gave thier lives......to save lives.

[skthurman]

Why didn't Toyota donate? Their cars don't work anyway...

[390merc65]

they should do this to all honda's

[dmsnickmoore]

2004 honda odyssey like

[ReaperKiller612]

The reason why Honda donated these 40 vehicles was because they have to pull 1 vehicle out of every 200 off the line for quality control. IE, not to be taken off the lot, or to be given to college kids, After their quality control is done they have to be destroyed. we were the lucky ones who got to do the destroying that day.

[ReaperKiller612]

@tfd1232 I am a FF from north ala, I was also in Lincoin doing this training as well, we was the ones where amacous took the tools away from us, we had the van in about 300 pieces,

[tfd1232]

just to put it to rest im a firefighter in talladega Al and I was part of this tranning the cars Honda gave were mules.

[tangofizz77]

HONDA HAS A YOUTUBE CHANEL!? I'M SUBSCRIBING!

[enekaken]

i'm pretty sure most of these are mules that can't be sold to the public. But either way, it's great to to "get rid" of these cars.

[shahrokh4ever]

HAHAHA MYTHBUSTER WILL REPAIR THE CARS WHIT DUCK TAPE SOO FUNNY

[shahrokh4ever]

this video is very sad and bad for person who dont have a car and they relly need

why they destroyed honda destroy fucking mazda or ford

[jamaican863]

why are the destroying hondas quality cars. the cars werent even wreck they should of at least give the cars to families who needs a car and they were practically new minivans and suv. (I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF THEY DESTROYED CHRYSLERS GARBAGE!!!) this video makes me mad destroying unwrecked hondas that works