Hazmat Line and EV Fire Company

About The Collaboration

This article was co-authored by EV Fire Company and Hazmat Line to examine lithium-ion battery incidents from two connected perspectives: the operational challenges surrounding battery condition, movement, storage, and custody, and the emergency-response information process that begins with the incident phone call. The collaboration is intended to support the continuing industry discussion about how
critical battery information can be gathered, preserved, and passed forward as responsibility changes hands.

About EV Fire Company and Ryan Verbenkov

EV Fire Company is an Ottawa-based company focused on practical EV and lithium-ion battery fire risk management for fire services, municipalities, tow and recovery operators, storage sites, and other organizations that may inherit the risk after the initial incident. The company was founded by Ryan Verbenkov and Scott Gilmore, combining Ryan's Royal Canadian Navy engineering and fire safety background with Scott's front-line firefighting experience.

EV Fire Company's work focuses on the parts of the incident that are often overlooked once the visible fire is controlled: battery condition, responder safety, transport decisions, isolation, storage, documentation, and the handoff of risk from one organization to the next.

Learn more at EVFireCompany.ca.