On Friday, first responders from across Metro Detroit got some special training that will pay dividends in the future.
Responding to electric vehicle emergencies poses different challenges than their gas-powered relatives. In nearly 30 years, you see impressive things when you get to a domestic three-proving ground.
Some things could make you cry, like taking a perfect $60,000 Cadillac and cutting it into pieces. But they’re doing it for a very good reason.
The event was General Motors proving grounds in Milford, and firefighters from more than a dozen fire departments across Michigan and Northern Ohio came to get in-person, hands-on training on how to deal with an electric vehicle fire.
Brighton Fire Department Captain Andrew Piskorowski told Local 4 he’d fought electric vehicle fires and knows it’s an entirely different operation.