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9 A company at the forefront of motorsport on-track and medical services, MDD was appointed by WSC as the sole supplier of E- safety services to ETCR. The six- year deal includes ETCR-tailored E- safety and medical training for the drivers and all personnel who will be working on the cars, a dedicated extrication team with on-track doctor and the supply of E-safety, medical and extrication equipment. MDD will also act as advisor for all safety matters during the ETCR events. “Our team for ETCR is formed by five members, the Incident Commander, the Doctor and three Specialists of Extrication on board two vehicles. Both cars are equipped with all the tools that may be needed during an intervention after an incident. However, our job begins before the races with the safety briefings. We have three kinds of lectures: the marshal training, the High Voltage training and the medical and First Aid training. We do it for all the team members, because there is an MDD Medical Kit in each garage,” explained Incident Commander Björn Vos. MDD equipment for the ETCR races include items that must be at hand during all motorsport events, but there are others that have been specifically conceived for working on ETCR cars, as Vos explains: “We have rescue hooks to save a person trapped with high voltage, which is for use when one of our team touches the car without gloves. However, we normally use ‘Class Zero’ gloves that isolate us and so it’s safe for us to work on the car and rescue the patient. We also have respirators in case the car is on fire. The staff of Williams Advanced Engineering have a high- voltage meter to check if the car is live or not. In this case we cover it with isolation matting, which is resistant to over 1000V, so we can work without touching the body of the car. It’s the safest way of getting someone out of the car and it was developed by MDD.” MDD staffwatch over the safetyof ETCR competition