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> The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued a report showing that many fire departments lack the training and equipment needed to pro
by quercusa 6y ago
> The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued a report showing that many fire departments lack the training and equipment needed to properly handle burning lithium-ion batteries.
That survey was published in 2018 ('recently'), so probably collected in 2017. My son is a volunteer firefighter and he reports that they have had no shortage of training on EVs. And that they don't do anything without proper PPE.
- kube-system 6y agoThe article does say that 31% of those surveyed didn't have the training, so presumably, the majority of departments do have the training. Given the number of poor rural volunteer departments in the US that struggle with funding, I would assume that 31% probably overlaps with the set that are struggling in general.
- gowld 6y agoAlso raises the question of what share of EVs are in poor rural jurisdictions. EVs are more popular in urban areas that have charging infrastructure and shorter-range trips.
- almost_usual 6y agoI see EVs in rural California all the time. If an EV gets into an accident on its way to a national park the closest fire department is going to respond.