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Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Incident Response Training
Shared situational awareness for high-voltage vehicle incidents
High-voltage hazards.
In focus. Under control.
"Training for professionals who encounter electric and hybrid vehicles in compromised, damaged, and defective conditions."
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
Designed for: Firefighters, Police, Emergency Reponders, First Responders, and HazMat teams.
Covers:
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Scene size-up of damaged, defective, or burning EVs
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Battery damage assessment:
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Collision and impact scenarios
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Submersion and water exposure events
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High-voltage battery behaviour and hazard recognition
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Immobilising, stabilising, and isolating EVs and hybrids
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Thermal monitoring and early indicators of thermal runaway
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Propagation risk and exclusion zone considerations
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Fire suppression options and operational limitations
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Multi-agency interoperability:
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Police, ambulance, paramedics, and recovery operators
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Handover safety protocols
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Post-fire vehicle management and re-ignition risks
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This course focuses on:
Safely managing electric and hybrid vehicle collisions, fires, and high-voltage battery incidents.
Fireground decision-making, risk control, incident and post-incident safety and scene management.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE BREAKDOWN & RECOVERY
Designed for: Recovery operators, tow truck drivers, roadside assistance.
Focus:
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Immobilisation and isolation considerations
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Winching, loading, and transport of compromised EVs
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Quarantine, storage, and delayed ignition risk
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Communication with authorities
This course focuses on:
Safe vehicle handling on and beyond the incident scene.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE DISMANTLING &
RECYCLING
Designed for: Recovery operators, tow truck drivers, roadside assistance.
Focus:
Immobilisation and isolation considerations
Winching, loading, and transport of compromised EVs
Quarantine, storage, and delayed ignition risk
Communication with authorities
This course focuses on:
Safe vehicle handling on and beyond the incident scene.
electric vehicle
high voltage awareness
Designed for: Recovery operators, tow truck drivers, roadside assistance.
Focus:
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Immobilisation and isolation considerations
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Winching, loading, and transport of compromised EVs
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Quarantine, storage, and delayed ignition risk
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Communication with authorities
This course focuses on:
Safe vehicle handling on and beyond the incident scene.
Why This Training Exists
In many countries, it is illegal — or legally indefensible — to work on electric vehicles without formal high-voltage training. Workshop training for vehicle technicians is clearly defined. Where roadside responders and incident management teams including firefighters, police, paramedics, and recovery operators are routinely exposed to the electric and hybrid vehicles in dangerous conditions, at the roadside, at collision scenes, and during challenging recoveries, without access to equivalent clear, structured training.
Consequently, critical lessons learned and best practice are not always shared across responder services or borders in relation to electric vehicles and High Voltage systems.
Electric vehicle (EV) battery technology continues to advance, with system voltages now exceeding 1,000 volts DC. Given the inherent risks associated with high-voltage systems in electric and hybrid vehicles, it is entirely appropriate that anyone working on or alongside these high voltage systems, are required to demonstrate competence and undertake formal training. But what should this training look like? Training for roadside response is very different to the challenges encountered at an accident scene.
All ELV Training EV & Hybrid response courses are built on the same global evidence base, informed by real-world incidents, international best practice, and lessons learned across fire services, recovery operators, storage facilities, and vehicle manufacturers.
The difference between each course is not the risk, but the role itself — the decisions made, the actions taken, and the exposure faced at the scene.
FOUR COURSES, ONE CORE
Four courses. One global responder evidence base.
Training that provides a consistent incident response to managing compromised electric vehicles.
01
EMERGENCY & FIRST RESPONDERS
02
BREAKDOWN & FIRST RECOVERY
03
DISMANTLING, RECYCLING & STORAGE
04
EV & HYBRID AWARENESS
What All These Courses Share
Same core learning and evidence base
Informed by real-world incidents globally
Designed to integrate into existing procedures
No workshop bias — incident and roadside focused
No mandated tactics — risk-based decision support
Adheres to relevant National Occupational Standards