The key to safe EV emergency response is dynamic, data-driven training

Electric vehicles are inherently safe to charge, drive and store. But following an emergency incident, there are new risks and challenges to responders.

The EV FireSafe team break these down into two parts; collision and battery fire, known as thermal runaway, and give students the skills to identify and mitigate hazards.
Our training program, Electric Responder, creates EV-ready emergency teams by equipping them with the tools, tactics and techniques they need to adapt response to an electrified world.

Leveraging our global data, we provide data-backed EV awareness and interactive incident management sessions designed to give responders two vital skills; the ability to confidently manage electric vehicles in emergency incidents, and life-saving knowledge to share with their agency or organisation.

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Learn more about our learning aims, outcomes and delivery methods

Here's how we support EV-ready responders

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EV FireSafe's ULTIMATE Guide to EV Battery Fires

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Your 12 month pass to deep dive on our research, testing, case studies, walkarounds, training, training tools and teardowns! 

Starting with our teardown of 'Testla', a Model 3 that hit road debris and went into thermal runaway, you'll have complete access to data-driven insights and interactive webinars run by our team.

Electric Responder Training Webinar (1.5 hours)

In these regular live sessions, our team will enhance your knowledge and provide foundational tactics and techniques you need to  stay safer around EVs. These sessions are designed to support your response role and agency SOPs, no matter which uniform you wear!

Perfect for emergency agency training nights!

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Half & 1 Day Electric Responder Group Training

Creating EV aware Electric Responders, our 1 Day Group Training Sessions provide theory-based and hands-on experience for up to 100 people.

The day involves scenario-based skills drills where members use the Identify, Assess, Immobilise, Isolate and Monitor method to get first-hand experience in EV incident management.

These are run on demand, so please contact our team to develop a program!

3-5 Day Electric Responder Intensive

Step inside our team's knowledge and acquire the skills needed to confidently manage EV incidents and also train others to do the same.

Our 5 Day Train the Trainer Intensive is the only course of it's kind globally, encompassing theory-based awareness, skills drills and a hot training scenario, run with our RTO partner ERGT at their world-class facilities across Australia.

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Electric Responder LIVE!

Want to get ahead of the electric curve?

Our fast-paced Electric Responder Live Events pack a heap of knowledge into a half day or one day session that anyone can join!

Depending on location and timeframe, we'll start with classroom training, step through cold scenario skills drills and cut up an EV for a road rescue demo.

Electric Responder is run up to 4 times a year around the world, and places are limited.
Learn online or in person
at your site 
Train with experts (who are also EV-experienced firefighters!)
Case studies and skills drills based on real-world incidents

What will you learn?

When you train with EV FireSafe, you're tapping into sensible, data-driven knowledge that's leading the world. Our online or in-person training sessions cover:

  • What is a lithium-ion battery, how are they constructed & where are they used? 
  • What do the stats say about lithium-ion battery fire cause, risk & consequence? 
  • What is thermal runaway?
  • Early warning signs of thermal runaway 
  • How to recognise a damaged lithium-ion battery 
  • Battery ignition & vapour cloud explosion
  • Categorisation of LiBs & emergency response 
  • A look at thermal runaway across a range of lithium-ion battery uses
  • First on scene verbal & visual checks for EVs 
  • Does an EV fire mean EV battery fire & how can we distinguish between the two? 
  • How can we use IAIIM to manage a LiB or EV incident? 
  • What is emerging best practice from agencies globally? 
  • Managing thermal runaway 
  • Emerging products & tools 
  • Why is there a risk of secondary ignition? 
  • Safe handover & best practice for post-incident operations

Who should do this training?

Our training helps ALL Emergency Responders stay safer around electric vehicles! 
Firefighters
Road Rescuers
Police
Paramedics
Emergency managers
Incident controllers
Towing
Roadside Assist
Road and Tunnel Operators

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How is EV FireSafe's training delivered?

Train at your own pace online, or join us at a group training or live event.

Always delivered by experienced EV FireSafe team members, our knowledge is not static, but driven by our global database of real-world incidents and first-hand experience. 

We know these concepts can be confusing, so our training breaks them down into simple language and provides sensible, actionable incident management methods that can be rolled into your agency SOPs.
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Expert training designed for:

Firefighters, Road Rescuers, Paramedics, Police, Towing, Roadside Assist, Road & Tunnel Operators, Emergency Managers

Introducing your expert instructors

Emma Sutcliffe

EV FireSafe director
Emma is the Director 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.

FAQs about EV FireSafe EV Battery Fire Training for Emergency Responders

How often do sessions run?

The ULTIMATE Guide can be accessed any time, webinars are held monthly and in-person training is by request.

What will I
learn?

Everything you need to know to work more confidently around EVs and lithium-ion batteries!

Can I watch webinars later?

Webinars are recorded & will be available to view later via the enrolment page.

What do I need to do to attend?

Attend online using any device with wifi. In person events may have pre-requisites - ask us about those!

Can I ask
questions?

Yes! On webinars we answer some questions live, but you can also email us at hello@evfiresafe.business

Who runs these sessions?

EV FireSafe is funded by the Department of Defence to research EV battery fires. Research at evfiresafe.com

Favourite feedback (so far)...

EV FireSafe is invaluable to those of us concerned with, and working in, lithium-ion battery & EV fire safety. 
Professor Paul Christensen
...so many positive comments & thank you messages from attendees of this training. You have made us all safer.
Country Fire Authority
...an immense contribution in updating concepts & information of high technical relevance for our team.
Sergipe State Vehicle Rescue Commission (Brazil)

The EV FireSafe team are

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

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