I'm one of those volunteer firefighters (Vacaville district). There's no way we would just walk away from a vehicle fire. If it means spraying water on it for hours, fine, then that's what we'll do. If there's no hydrant we'll have 2000-gallon water tenders lined up. On a big wildland fire it's not unusual for the pumpers to be working for hours.
You really underestimate how much firefighters love to use the equipment "for realz". I don't know anyone who doesn't dream of running into a (concrete) parking garage to put out a vehicle fire, EV or not.
Also, nobody (at least in my district) is allowed anywhere near a vehicle accident without bunker gear. If we had to rotate new pairs of firefighters in every 30m when the SCBAs run out, so be it. The department has a lot of tanks. We also have ventilation equipment on all the engines and squad units.
Also also: We're the rural team. The city departments (with their million dollar fire trucks) are even more hard core. "Make no attempt to put out EV fire" is just nonsense.
You really underestimate how much firefighters love to use the equipment "for realz". I don't know anyone who doesn't dream of running into a (concrete) parking garage to put out a vehicle fire, EV or not.
Also, nobody (at least in my district) is allowed anywhere near a vehicle accident without bunker gear. If we had to rotate new pairs of firefighters in every 30m when the SCBAs run out, so be it. The department has a lot of tanks. We also have ventilation equipment on all the engines and squad units.
Also also: We're the rural team. The city departments (with their million dollar fire trucks) are even more hard core. "Make no attempt to put out EV fire" is just nonsense.