EV fires a “whole new animal to fight,” says CJ fire chief

June 6th, 2023, 3:08 pm | by LME | Posted in News

As electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly popular with consumers, it’s a good bet that you’ll start to see an increasing number of them on roads across the U.S. However, one major component of EVs that makes them so attractive to car buyers — can provide unique and often dangerous challenges to firefighters — if that component catches fire.

Most electric vehicles today use a pack of lithium-ion batteries. That single pack contains more than 2,000 lithium-ion cells — all working together to store electricity that’s used by the car’s motor to accelerate.

Carl Junction Fire Chief, Joe Perkins says the difference is night-and-day, when fighting a gasoline powered, combustion engine vehicle fire, versus a fire that engulfs (or threatens to engulf) the EVs lithium-ion battery pack.

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