BATTERY FIRE RISK AND HAZARDS AWARENESS

How to Identify Fire Damaged Electric Vehicles

This free micro-learning course provides basic information for emergency personnel operating in fire affected areas, to support the identification of heavily fire-damaged vehicles as electric vehicles (EVs). 

This course has been developed by global EV fire experts, based on research backed by the Australian Department of Defence.
Format

Online delivery, at your own pace

Course duration:

~15 minutes

Designed for:

Emergency responders working in fire affected areas

Content:

Basic identification of heavily burnt out electric vehicles

Course description

Learn how to identify electric vehicles that have been damaged by fire and gain a basic understanding of secondary and delayed thermal runaway risks.

This micro-learning course covers key identification indicators, and an introduction to the EV Assessment of Battery Condition course, which provides a complete safety framework for anyone responsible for handling damaged EVs, including emergency, recovery, tow, insurance assessment, crash or fire investigation, repair, dealerships and salvage.

Assessment and Certification

There is no assessment or certification with this course.

Course content

  • Why is identification of burnt EVs important?
  • How to identify a burnt vehicle as electric
  • Next steps...using EV ABC to manage fire risk

Target audience

This training is designed for emergency responders and agencies to gain basic identification knowledge.

There are no physical requirements to complete this course.

Learners are expected to manage any anxiety or discomfort that may arise from completing this course.

Learners must have basic literacy and numeracy skills to understand text, images, graphics and videos. Additionally, they must have access to a computer (preferred) and basic digital skills to log in to the course and create an account.

Learning outcomes

There are no learning outcomes for this course.

Pre-requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

Learning pathway

This course is an introduction to the Electric Vehicle Assessment of Battery Condition course.

Life saving knowledge...

...electric vehicles can go into thermal runaway even long after flames are no longer visible and thought to be extinguished. Learn to identify potential hazards and manage risk.

Our clients and partners:

Proactive risk management for lithium-ion batteries for safer people and property

Introducing your expert instructors

Emma Sutcliffe

EV FireSafe director
Emma is the CEO of EV FireSafe, a private company funded by the Australian Department of Defence to research EV battery fires & emergency response. She is also an operational volunteer firefighter.

Dan Fish

EV FireSafe TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
Dan is EV FireSafe's Technical Specialist & EV safety guru. He started his career as a mechanic & became a full-time firefighter 20 years ago. He now has an encyclopaedic knowledge of EVs & high voltage systems.

Professor Paul Christensen

lithium-ion safety
Paul is a former Professor of Pure & Applied Electrochemisty at Newcastle University, UK. His work in lithium-ion battery fires is globally recognised for it's contribution to safety.

The EV FireSafe team are

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