Welcome to Electric Responder
Level 3: EV Agency Expert

This four-day Electric Responder Level 3: EV Agency Expert course is designed to equip emergency services instructors with the knowledge, skills and practical tools need to deliver high-quality training on electric vehicle incidents. 

EV FireSafe's independent, world-leading training provides critical knowledge and advanced management techniques, ensuring readiness for EV-related emergencies.

Elevate your agency capabilities and safety standards with our competency based ecosystem of learning, endorsed by leading industry professionals.
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Join us in South Australia, 2-5th September 2025

In collaboration with the SA Country Fire Service, at their Brukunga training centre.

Download the Prospectus by clicking below, or contact our Director, at emma@evfiresafe.com

Students will cover...

ER3 students will gain a deep understanding of lithium-ion battery risks, electric vehicle high voltage systems, thermal runaway, firefighting strategies, handover procedures, and instructional techniques, culminating in the facilitation of realistic, high-impact training scenarios for their own agency.

Participants will learn how to identify high-voltage hazards, interpret Emergency Response Guides, and apply structured response frameworks like IAIIM™ (Identify, Assess, Immobilise, Isolate, Monitor) and EV ABC™ (EV Assessment of Battery Condition) during real-world incidents.
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...over four experience-led and data-driven days

Day 1:
EV risk literacy and hazard recognition

Identify and explain core risks and hazards in EVs and charging

Day 2:
Incident management and firefighting

Review, design, prepare and deliver EV awareness training to diverse teams

Day 3:
Instructional delivery and EVs

Demonstrate operational decision making using IAIIM and suppression / containment and decontamination strategies

Day 4: Integrated Scenario Response & Handover

Safely manage multi-phase EV incidents involving extrication and post-fire damaged vehicle handover

Why become an Electric Responder?

Get access to the world's best brains on electric vehicle battery fire and emergency management.

Electric Responders have the ability to confidently manage EVs in emergencies, and share life-saving knowledge with their team.

This interactive, online course is designed for:
  • Firefighters
  • Road Rescuers
  • Police
  • Paramedics
  • Mining ERT
  • Airport firefighters
  • Shipping firefighters
  • Military firefighters
  • Motorsport rescue
  • Emergency managers 
  • Road authorities
  • Road network ops
  • Roadside assist
  • Traffic management
  • Towing
  • Salvage
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Building EV-ready teams

The world is electrifying...are you ready to respond?
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EV are here to stay

You may not be a fan of electric vehicles, but their numbers are doubling year on year, with over 40 million on the road in early 2024. Most major manufacturers have announced dates on which they'll stop making internal combustion vehicles. They're here and we need to adapt!

EVs pose new risks

The EV sector moves rapidly, and there are new risks and challenges for responders when an EV is involved in collision or fire. EV FireSafe's data-driven training is carefully designed and delivered to provide scenarios and solutions based on real-world incidents.

Safety around EVs is key

It doesn't matter which uniform you wear, you have to learn new techniques (and adapt familiar ones!) to ensure your safety - and that of your crew - around electric cars, buses and trucks. EV FireSafe's training breaks down complex concepts to simple language to make you safer, faster.

What are the learning outcomes?

Identify risks and hazards

Electric Responders can independently identify risks and hazards of electric vehicles in road traffic collision and fire

Act to ensure safety

Electric Responders can confidently determine how to mitigate risks and hazards for crew and occupant safety

Techniques, tactics, tools

Electric Responders have advanced knowledge of techniques and tactics, and can incorporate the right tools, to manage an EV incident

Real-world incident insights

Electric Responders have experience with EV FireSafe Skills Drills they can use to share life-saving knowledge with their crew and agency

Understand thermal runaway

Electric Responders know how to monitor for, and detect, the early warning signs of EV battery fire and understand the process and consequences 

Post incident considerations

Electric Responders can identify battery fire risk using EV FireSafe's EV ABC and communicate that to secondary responders

About EV FireSafe's Electric Responder training events

Electric Responder is EV FireSafe's data-driven training program building EV-ready emergency crews. 

We established Electric Responder in 2024 to support all emergency personnel in the transition to a world of electrified transport.
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Electric Responders are active emergency services members who've undertaken a one-day training intensive with our expert team.

On completion, Electric Responders have the knowledge and skills to not only confidently manage incidents involving EVs, but share that knowledge with their colleagues, using EV Skills Drills developed by the EV FireSafe team.

Our training can be run for any agency, anywhere in the world as a One Day Electric Responder event or a Five Day Train the Trainer event.

Want to organise Electric Responder or Train the Trainer sessions for your agency? Get in touch!

The EV FireSafe team are

#thought leading | #globally recognised | #data-driven | #safety focused | #evidence based 

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