Firefighters; training; electric vehicle fires. Directs the Executive Director of the Department of Fire Programs to develop a training program on the risks of fires in electric vehicles and how to safely and effectively manage such fires to be completed by all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, and requires the Executive Director to make such training program available by July 1, 2024. Effective July 1, 2024, all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, are required to complete such training program. The bill provides that every person engaged in firefighting activities on July 1, 2024, has until December 1, 2025, to complete such training program.
Statutes affected: House: Presented and ordered printed 23104387D: 9.1-201
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2451ER): 9.1-201
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087): 9.1-201