I ran across the following via Neat New Stuff:

Are rescue workers in your town trained to deal with car crashes that involve hybrid cars? These new “green” cars could endanger untrained rescue workers if they unknowingly cut through electrical lines that could still be hot.

A couple of interesting links:

500-volt hybrid vehicles pose electrocution risk to emergency workers

A State Farm article, and eventually a link to a safety video is here.

We’re enjoying driving the Ford Escape Hybrid, but it’s true that your typical EMT or rescue personnel won’t know very much about the risks and techniques for dealing with a hybrid vehicle that’s been involved in an accident.