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ELECTRIC CARS ARE NEW AND THE RISKS
WITH THEM ARE NEW AND WE'RE STILL STUDYING THEM AND WE'RE TRAINING ON THEM AND THE ENTIRE
FIRE SERVICE IS LEARNING TOGETHER. SEVERAL STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR FIGHTING ELECTRIC
VEHICLE FIRES. ONE OF THOSE TACTICS IS USING A FIRE BLANKET THE USE OF THAT FIRE BLANKET WILL
CONTAIN THE FIRE IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE FIRE FROM SPREADING AND PROTECT THE EXPOSURES
WHICH GIVES US THE TIME TO POTENTIALLY MOVE THE CAR OUT OF A GARAGE OR INTO AN OPEN AREA BY
ITSELF SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN SUPPRESSION EFFORTS AT THAT TIME. THE MOST EFFICIENT THING
TO DO IS JUST TO LET IT BURN. IT'S GOING TO TAKE UPWARDS OF OF 60 TO 880,000 GALLONS
OF WATER TO PUT THAT THING OUT SO WE'D LIKE TO GET IT INTO AN OPEN SPACE SO THAT WE CAN AGAIN KEEP IT COOL AND START TO PUT THAT FIRE OUT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.