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Request detail:
Please can you provide information regarding the following where available:
1) Number of electric vehicle fires attended for the last 3 financial years
The duration of these incidents
The number and type of appliances sent to these incidents
The fire and rescue service suppression actions at these activities at these incidents(e.g. hosereel/ main branch etc.)
The water volume applied at these incidents
2) If possible, please could you also inform me of the policy towards fire water containment at vehicle fire incidents (both internal combustion engine and battery energy vehicles) (e.g. whether this is standard practice). If possible, please could you provide data that supports this where available including:
Number of vehicle fires attended for the last 3 financial years.
Number of the above incidents where fire water containment measures (e.g. clay mats, booms, etc) were deployed.
Number of the above incidents which were EV fires.
3) could you please define ‘hosereel jet’ per the incidents recorded on you website, and provide the maximum water flowrate these provide?
4) Please could you also provide general information on whether fire water is typically contained following an EV fire incident, and if so, who the duty of care is left with after the incident?
Response detail:
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please refer below for the information requested.
Please can you provide information regarding the following where available:
1)Number of electric vehicle fires attended for the last 3 financial years
The duration of these incidents See attached excel document
The number and type of appliances sent to these incidents See attached excel document
The fire and rescue service suppression actions at these activities at these incidents(e.g. hosereel/ main branch etc.) See attached excel document
The water volume applied at these incidents – Not recorded
2)If possible, please could you also inform me of the policy towards fire water containment at vehicle fire incidents (both internal combustion engine and battery energy vehicles) (e.g. whether this is standard practice). If possible, please could you provide data that supports this where available including: Water containment is in the Officer In Charge’s planning to resolve operational incidents, generally water containment happens with the use of our Environmental grab packs. This include Clay Drain mats to protect and surface drainage
Number of vehicle fires attended for the last 3 financial years. See attached excel document
Number of the above incidents where fire water containment measures (e.g. clay mats, booms, etc) were deployed. 28 - Environmental grab packs. What was utilised from the packs is not recorded. The pack contains a range of environmental pollution control equipment. The pack includes grab pack bag, ready mixed clay leak sealing putty in collapsible tub, disposable clay drain sealing mat (450x450mm), 1 x pair of gloves, oil absorbent pads (450x520mm), polyboom (yellow) x 10m length, plastic waste bag, 3 x cable ties and roll of warning tap.
Number of the above incidents which were EV fires. See attached excel document
3) could you please define ‘hosereel jet’ per the incidents recorded on you website, and provide the maximum water flowrate these provide?
Hose reel tubing is a non-percolating delivery hose of 19mm internal diameter, carried on a rotating drum on appliances. All pumping appliances have two hose reels each comprising of a minimum of 3 x 18.3 metre lengths of hose reel tubing, making a total of 55 metres per side and a total of 110 metres combined. Flow rate is 125 LPM
4) Please could you also provide general information on whether fire water is typically contained following an EV fire incident, and if so, who the duty of care is left with after the incident?
Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service (SFRS) will always Consider diverting polluting materials to holding or sacrificial areas for off-site containment, with appropriate approval, Consider recycling fire water run-off, to reduce the volume of water required and Apply a source, pathway, receptor model to control and reduce the risks of pollution. This will be done in conjunction with the Hazardous materials advisor and the environment agency.
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