FORMAT: Self-Paced Online Course (1-hour)
To improve first responder awareness about EVs, the NAFTC teamed with the West Virginia University Fire Extension Service (WVU FES) to produce a free online training, Electric Vehicle Safety: An Awareness Level Training, hosted by the National Volunteer Fire Council. NVFC received funding from General Motors for EV awareness training and outreach for emergency responders.
The approximately one-hour awareness course features WVU FES Adjunct Instructor and NVFC West Virginia Director, Tom Miller, who provides information about identifying hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles at an incident, assessing for real or potential EV battery damage, de-energizing the vehicle, avoiding thermal runaway, and extinguishing EV and hybrid electric vehicle fires.
A certificate of completion is available from the NVFC and CEUs can be obtained from the WVU FSE for a small fee.
The training is available for free at the NVFC Virtual Classroom: https://virtualclassroom.nvfc.org/products/electric-vehicle-safety-an-awareness-level-training
Please contact Trina Wafle at tkwafle@mail.wvu.edu or (304) 293-7882 for more information about our First Responder Training.