MINI E Rescue Sheet

 Deutsche Version
Reading an article at www.energie-info.net I became aware of the rescue sheet.

Modern automobiles become more and more complex and sophisticated. In case of emergency or accident this makes it more difficult for the rescue personnel.

In order to give fire departments and rescue personnel basic information for a quick, effective and safe rescue, the ADAC (German automobile club) claims a standard sheet which gives a brief overview of a car with special information that may be helpful in case of an accident and rescue.
The data sheet contains information like position of hard to cut ultra high strengh steels, the position of the fuel tank or the location of a cars battery enabling a quick disconnection.
Further the locations of various equipment is shown that can be harmful to the rescuers like airbag gas generators or gas filled spring devices.

High voltage electricity in hybrid cars or battery electric cars is another group of objects that threatens both vehicle occupants and rescuers in case of emergency. This is a very new and up to now a very rare aspect. The rescue and fire departments have little real life experience concerning this special sort of automobiles. So locally available information about position of high voltage wires/components and information about shutdown procedures of the high voltage systems are crucial for an effectiv rescue.

www.rettungskarte.de  provides links to the manufacturers sites where the rescue sheet for their cars will be found. Some additional english information like a translation of the icons can be found at www.rescuesheet.info .
The ADAC recommends to store the rescue sheet at the drivers sun visor to make it quick available in case the rescue team does not have mobile internet access.

Following the links I found a MINI E rescue sheet. So I printed it and located it at the sun visor following the recommendation, because due to its limited number the MINI E may be a challenge for the rescue and fire departments.

Image of the MINI E rescue sheet. For full detail follow the links above.

The mounting to the drivers visor could not be organized in a useful way due to the MINIs vanity mirror. So I took a transparent envelope with the rescue sheet inside, put some self-adhesive hook-and-loop-tape (the hook-side) on it and fixed it to the roof lining.

Rescue sheet in transparent envelope fixed to the roof lining.