Otherwise known as explosives, rocket fuel, and most kinds of batteries.
Authorities said they used 32,000 gallons of water to extinguish the flames because the vehicle's batteries kept reigniting. At one point, Herman said, deputies had to call Tesla to ask them how to put out the fire in the battery.
Where I used to work, they had a machine shop that used to work with magnesium, before my time. Firefighters had a rule if they got a call: don't go in.
Another place I used to hang around during college was a robotics research lab. They had a bunch of 1st or 2nd gen l Li-Poly batteries, in pouch form, to run their little robots. I was told to never use a any of the fire extinguishers hanging on the wall if there was a battery fire. I don
That was hard to find. Although admittedly the current practice of Tesla owners of deleting or removing all badging could make it a bit difficult to determine which model was on fire.
Around here our fire departments train with various EV dealerships who send trainers and dummy vehicles around. Mostly GM and Nissan because, ya know, Tesla doesn't have dealerships, but the principles are the same for all EVs with capacity higher than a Volt.
Then there's the instruction to shift it into park using the gear selector stalk. That will likely become obsolete when they move to touch screen everything.
"Take off your firefighter gloves, tap the car menu, the select gear, then select emergency, then swipe sideways three times to confirm...."
Wow, that page is bad. So first the firefighter has to figure out not just which model it is, but which model year too. For the S there is a choice of:
Emergency Response Guide - 2016+ Emergency Response Guide â" Model S Dual Motor â" 2014/2015 Emergency Response Guide â" 2014 Emergency Response Guide â" 2012/2013
The 2016+ one is a 31 page PDF file. The firefighting section is on page 22. Feel like that should be right at the top, but anyway... It says use water. Up to 3,000 gallons may be r
Here in my state NSW, Australia there needs to be an EV green label on the number plate similar to LPG for gas (not petrol) cars. I now see that itâ(TM)s probably to assist emergency responders.
Seen on a button at an SF Convention:
Veteran of the Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force. 1990-1951.
Fuel and oxidizer packed close together (Score:5, Interesting)
Otherwise known as explosives, rocket fuel, and most kinds of batteries.
Authorities said they used 32,000 gallons of water to extinguish the flames because the vehicle's batteries kept reigniting. At one point, Herman said, deputies had to call Tesla to ask them how to put out the fire in the battery.
Where I used to work, they had a machine shop that used to work with magnesium, before my time. Firefighters had a rule if they got a call: don't go in.
Another place I used to hang around during college was a robotics research lab. They had a bunch of 1st or 2nd gen l
Li-Poly batteries, in pouch form, to run their little robots. I was told to never use a any of the fire extinguishers hanging on the wall if there was a battery fire. I don
Re:Fuel and oxidizer packed close together (Score:5, Informative)
https://www.tesla.com/firstres... [tesla.com]
That was hard to find. Although admittedly the current practice of Tesla owners of deleting or removing all badging could make it a bit difficult to determine which model was on fire.
Around here our fire departments train with various EV dealerships who send trainers and dummy vehicles around. Mostly GM and Nissan because, ya know, Tesla doesn't have dealerships, but the principles are the same for all EVs with capacity higher than a Volt.
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I'm pretty sure all EVs run at higher than one volt. [instantrimshot.com]
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Then there's the instruction to shift it into park using the gear selector stalk. That will likely become obsolete when they move to touch screen everything.
"Take off your firefighter gloves, tap the car menu, the select gear, then select emergency, then swipe sideways three times to confirm...."
Joke vehicles.
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Wow, that page is bad. So first the firefighter has to figure out not just which model it is, but which model year too. For the S there is a choice of:
Emergency Response Guide - 2016+
Emergency Response Guide â" Model S Dual Motor â" 2014/2015
Emergency Response Guide â" 2014
Emergency Response Guide â" 2012/2013
The 2016+ one is a 31 page PDF file. The firefighting section is on page 22. Feel like that should be right at the top, but anyway... It says use water. Up to 3,000 gallons may be r
Re: Fuel and oxidizer packed close together (Score:1)