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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.