What is ISO 17840‑3 - Emergency response guide template about?
ISO 17840‑3 defines the template layout of the Emergency Response Guide (ERG) providing necessary and useful information about a vehicle involved in an accident to support the rescue team rescuing the occupants as quickly and as safely as possible, and to promote the correct action with respect to the vehicle technology concerned. The ERG also provides in-depth information related to fire, submersion and leakage of fluids.
ISO 17840‑3 is applicable to passenger cars, buses, coaches, light and heavy commercial vehicles according to ISO 3833.
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The rescue procedure or the process of handling the ERG is not covered by this document
Who is ISO 17840‑3 - Emergency response guide template for?
ISO 17840‑3 on emergency response guide template for Information for first and second responders is applicable to:
- First responders
- Fire departments
- Vehicle manufacturers
Why should you use ISO 17840‑3 - Emergency response guide template?
For first and second responders initiating a rescuing action at a traffic accident site, it is of utmost importance to make the correct decisions quickly to save lives of the traffic victims, and to avoid risking their own lives in the rescuing activity. Critical decisions must be made in a very short time to make up the rescue strategy. ISO 17840‑3 gives the standardized format of emergency response guide (ERG) that aims at improving the situation described above.
There are clear benefits to having a common template, using standardized colors and pictograms to make it easier for first and second responders and vehicle manufacturers to understand each other.
ISO 17840-3 will also help you to know of what kind and how the first and second responder workers want their crucial information.
ISO 17840-3 gives first and second responders immediate access to unambiguous information about the vehicles involved ⎼ especially in the case of vehicles with new technology.
