Questions Loom Over UK Emergency Services Preparedness To Combat EV Fires

Questions are being asked about the capability of emergency services to handle car fires in electric vehicles.

While most emergency-fire-response teams are well-versed in extinguishing fires in gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles, a recent fire in a Tesla Model X raised the issue of whether crews should undergo mandatory specialist training.

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MDarringer - 8/6/2018 5:11:27 PM

+3 Boost

A Prius incinerated itself on Live PD a few weeks back and the fire fighters were spraying the living hell out of it. It took forever to knock the flames down and I was thinking "battery fire".

These day you mitigate your liability by training staff on the special eccentricities of hybrids and EVs.

Training fire fighters should be priority #1.