Vehicle fires report | NFPA Research
This report provides an overview of the vehicle fire problem with the focus on highway vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles and recreational vehicles).

Car Fire Safety Tip Sheet - NFPA
Learn what to do in case of a car fire, in addition to prevention and knowing the danger signs.

Electric Vehicle Safety Information - NFPA
From stranded energy to thermal runaway, learn about some of the unique hazards electric vehicles pose and how to stay safer.

EVs and Parking Garages | NFPA
The fire characteristics of modern vehicles are also changing to include more plastics and other combustibles than ever before. While this benefits the fuel economy and lowers vehicle price, it increases the fuel load and fire growth we see in parking garages.

Protecting Parking Garages | NFPA
The conclusion: “Fire hazards in car parks (have) increased a lot in 20 years with the evolution of activities and the new car technologies,” the authors wrote. The data suggests that a typical garage fire today is much more likely to involve multiple vehicles than two decades ago, hinting that fires are in fact burning with more severity.

Parking Garages and EVs - NFPA
A Fire Protection Research Foundation report examined electric vehicle fires and the risks they present in parking garages.

Modern Vehicle Hazards in Parking Garages & Vehicle Carriers - NFPA
Phase 3: Classification of Modern Vehicle Hazards and Parking Structure Protection: Full Scale Fire and Sprinkler Testing This Phase 3 effort will quantify the fire hazard and spread characteristics ICEs vs BEVs in parking structures and provide test results of sprinkler performance on modern vehicle fires in garages. This effort builds upon two previous phases of research conducted by the ...

Fire Departments Test EV Firefighting Tactics
Recent EV fire incidents around the world reveal a variety of tools and strategies for handling EV fires beyond traditional firefighting tactics.

Protection of Parking Garages | NFPA
Explore fire safety measures and protection systems for parking garages as outlined in NFPA standards.

What if an EV Fire Occurs Inside a Tunnel? - NFPA
Electric vehicles burn differently than traditional, gasoline-powered cars. Learn what that means for the future of tunnel fire protection.