Newer electric vehicles are powered by battery packs generating enough power to power the average American household for about three days. This workshop will focus on building tools for the street smart attentive First Responder.  What, where and how these batteries are used and what to do when they fail. This presentation is filled with actual fire scene video, protocol breaches and close call firsthand accounts of emergencies that went wrong.  Lithium-ION batteries are everywhere.

Host: Alton Fire Department 565 West Highway 160 Alton MO

Contact: Sam Barton 417-270-1625 or altonfiredept502@gmail.com

Sessions: 18:00-2200 each day May 13-14, 2025

Partners: Missouri Department of Transportation

Highway Safety Grant — Funding provided by the Missouri Department of Transportation Traffic and Highway Safety Division.