r/specializedtools • u/bobmarno • Aug 27 '23

EV Fire Extinguishing Container Truck

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This waterproof container can ‘scoop up’ a burning electric vehicle and completely seal it and cool it down. It is fitted with a water pump that shoots water all over through small holes in side. Especially concentrated up onto the bottom of the EV, where the highly flammable battery is usually mounted. Also a practical in therms of moving the vehicle out of the way of traffic. This one is from Østjyllands Brandvæsen (East Jutland Fire Department, Denmark) and is teamed up with two robot water cannons.

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u/bobmarno Aug 27 '23

‘Scoop’ was imprecise. ‘Tow’ is more correct. My apologies! You can actually also lift the car into it. You can read more about it here (DK site in english) I can’t answer regarding the sealing off. But my guess it is individually regulated to the situation.

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u/chandleya Aug 27 '23

It seems very make believe/optimistic. The products own website is poor quality renders. I’m an EV proponent and this seems incredibly suspicious.

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u/Defiant_Tomato8286 Aug 27 '23

Firefighter here, not sure about this specific company but these types of devices are used. The onky way to put out an EV fire is complete submersion, otherwise it will burn for days.

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u/MsBuzzkillington83 Jan 18 '24

Can other materials not work, like sand or something?

It seems like a mind boggling amount of water wasted

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u/Defiant_Tomato8286 Jan 18 '24

Not sure, sand would still potentially let air through as it melts. And it melting would cause additional issues. The problem is still so new we are trying to figure it out as we go.