Mitigating new vehicle rescue and electric vehicle / L.I. Battery fire challenges

New vehicfle technology presents ever-changing challenges for rescuers the world over. Students will gain an understanding of how vehicles have changed and continue to chang, along with the extrication and vehicle fire challneges these changes have created for responders. New metallurgy, design, construction, and safety system changes are addressed, as are new firefighting challenges presented by hybrids, full EVs, combustible metals, and lithium ion battery-fueled fires. Reevaluation of current methods, tactics, and equipment is a recurrent theme. Changes, advances, and limitations of current fire and rescue technology are also covered. Tnis program is based on the first-hand, ongoing relationships between the instructor and auto engineers at Volvo, Mercedes, Ford, Etc., and lithium-ion battery manufacturers.