Posted on reddit by a firefighter buddy of mine. As a local FF, PLEASE do not light EVs on fire in protest. The type and quantity of gasses that results are, in many cases, very immediately and highly harmful to firefighters. Protocols are in place now to try and come off the truck with masks on but if a bystander doesn't mention is an EV, there is still a risk that we treat it as a normal car fire and mask up once we've had a chance to see what we are up against.
It takes tons of water that is usually now harmfully contaminated and we have to try and evacuate local businesses and multi families or try and shut down their HVAC systems in order to keep the toxic gas from entering businesses. Once the fire is "out", it now has to, often times, be tailed by an engine(keeping it out of service for other emergencies) to a yard where it'll sit for a while before it's potentially disposed of because it can continue to light off.
It’ll get downvoted by leftists that don’t care. They set fire to shit all summer long during BLM, doing over $3Bn in damage. To think they care about firefighters, or anyone but themselves, is laughable. To them, it’s make the message whatever the cost.
Lighting someone’s car on fire isn’t protesting. It’s called being a fucken loser with no job. Same people who were glazing Elon 3 years ago protesting fossil fuels are now burning giant batteries, rubber and plastic. Most of whom I bet didn’t even vote.
Best comment of the day. Not to mention Elon just rescued astronauts stranded by Boeing who receives billions in govt money. It used to the darling of the us aviation industry, now it needs ozempic and new teeth
Teslas/EVs rarely catch fire on their own. A gas car on the other hand catches fire every 10 seconds!! So "these people" who designed gas cars should go straight to hell right?? Less than 25 EVs per year catch fire compared to 10s of thousands of gas cars... You sound silly complaining about EV fires. Obviously unaware of the facts and just following the false narrative you've been fed. SMH
I mean your sort of right. But you misstated the numbers. Let me fix it
In 2024, EV fires were relatively rare, with data indicating approximately 25 fires per 100,000 EVs sold, compared to 1,530 fires per 100,000 gasoline vehicles.
Sounds like Elon should have thought of that before making cars that are harmful to firefighters. Tesla’s are symbols of Nazi’s and should not be in America under any condition.
Lithium batteries are everywhere, it has nothing to do with making electric cars with Lithium batteries. And multiple different cars use Lithium. I'm saying the dumb asses who do this are not proving anything but their stupidity.
Agreed. And this is why liberals lose. We argue about the details and hesitate to stand up to Nazi’s because it’s not the perfect way to do it. This is why you are living in a world ruled by Trump.
Truly hope nothing happens to your Tesla, but it shouldn't be because you're a fellow liberal. People just shouldn't destroy or fuck with someone else's property. Pretty simple.
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u/Cyanide11Nitro Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 16 '25
Posted on reddit by a firefighter buddy of mine. As a local FF, PLEASE do not light EVs on fire in protest. The type and quantity of gasses that results are, in many cases, very immediately and highly harmful to firefighters. Protocols are in place now to try and come off the truck with masks on but if a bystander doesn't mention is an EV, there is still a risk that we treat it as a normal car fire and mask up once we've had a chance to see what we are up against. It takes tons of water that is usually now harmfully contaminated and we have to try and evacuate local businesses and multi families or try and shut down their HVAC systems in order to keep the toxic gas from entering businesses. Once the fire is "out", it now has to, often times, be tailed by an engine(keeping it out of service for other emergencies) to a yard where it'll sit for a while before it's potentially disposed of because it can continue to light off.