The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has asked the fire service for assistance in trying to establish an assessment of events involving hybrid electric/electric vehicles .

This is a joint effort from IAFC and NVFC to gather data.

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* 1. What are the post-crash/fire protocols currently in place for hybrid electric/electric vehicles?

Written Policy

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Best Industry Practice

Flexible Operating Plans (FOPs)

None

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* 2. What type of training is currently being administered to your responders for
hybrid electric/electric vehicles?

The department has dedicated training specific to these types of incidents.

The department trains on general tactics that can be applied to hybrid electric/electric vehicles or other similar incidents.

The department has no hybrid electric/electric vehicles incident training.

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* 3. If you train for hybrid electric/electric vehicles incidents, which tools do you use for training? (Choose all that apply)

Classroom / written training

Live training

Table-top exercises

Virtual / Technology-based training

Other not listed (please specify)

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* 4. What events has your department already experienced with hybrid electric/
electric vehicles, and if so what issues have you found?

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* 5. What obstacles does your department face in responding to incidents with
hybrid electric/electric vehicles ? (Choose all that apply)

Awareness of hybrid electric/electric vehicles

Training on hybrid electric/electric vehicles

Resource/funding shortages to training/respond to hybrid electric/electric vehicles

Understanding by tow operators of the known the hazards of hybrid electric/electric vehicles

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What is your department type?

Career

Volunteer

Combination, mostly volunteer

Combination, mostly career

Industrial / Private

Federal / Military

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* 7. Please share your SOPs on hybrid electric/electric vehicles training and
response so other fire chiefs can learn from it.

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* 1. What are the post-crash/fire protocols currently in place for hybrid electric/electric vehicles?

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* 2. What type of training is currently being administered to your responders for hybrid electric/electric vehicles?

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* 3. If you train for hybrid electric/electric vehicles incidents, which tools do you use for training? (Choose all that apply)

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* 4. What events has your department already experienced with hybrid electric/electric vehicles, and if so what issues have you found?

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* 5. What obstacles does your department face in responding to incidents with hybrid electric/electric vehicles ? (Choose all that apply)

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* 6. What is your department type?

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* 7. Please share your SOPs on hybrid electric/electric vehicles training and response so other fire chiefs can learn from it.

* 2. What type of training is currently being administered to your responders for
hybrid electric/electric vehicles?

* 4. What events has your department already experienced with hybrid electric/
electric vehicles, and if so what issues have you found?

* 5. What obstacles does your department face in responding to incidents with
hybrid electric/electric vehicles ? (Choose all that apply)

* 7. Please share your SOPs on hybrid electric/electric vehicles training and
response so other fire chiefs can learn from it.