BMW Group Korea conducted electric vehicle firefighting education and training for firefighters in the Incheon area.
On the 20th, 30 front-line firefighters from the Incheon area gathered at the BMW Driving Center on Yeongjong Island, Incheon, to study the structural characteristics of electric vehicles. In line with the reality of growing concerns about the fire risk of electric vehicles, it provided firefighters with an opportunity to approach the subject from the basics.
Front-line firefighters combined theory and practice focused on the structural characteristics of electric vehicles and the operating principles of high-voltage systems.
Participants used BMW electric vehicles to learn BMW's response manual applied when fire signs occur, along with battery fire symptom detection and alert systems, and practiced power shutdown and response processes in accidents to systematically master response methods that can be used immediately in the field.
At the driving course inside the BMW Driving Center, performance and driving characteristic tests using BMW pure electric models were also conducted. Firefighters experienced electric vehicle control systems and driving characteristics in various driving situations such as braking, steering and acceleration, and examined the impact of weight distribution and regenerative braking systems on ensuring safety, further raising their understanding of vehicle structure and safety measures.
Last year, BMW Group Korea conducted driving education to strengthen emergency transport safety for paramedics at Incheon area fire stations, and this year it continues cooperative activities in public safety, including providing free replacement of consumables and indefinite extension support for donated vehicles to the Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters.
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