Government of Jersey

EV battery fires (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 25 July 2023.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

Please provide the following information:

Number of EV battery fires that have been tackled by the Jersey fire brigade from June 2019 to June 2023
Please include a breakdown of types of vehicle in the data (car, bus and coach, e-bike and e-scooter and so on)
Please include details on month, year, cause of fire, fire spread and injuries and fatalities as a result of the fire
Please provide any details on how many of the batteries were certified by the vehicle Office of Energy Management or if the batteries had a battery management system or state of health monitoring?

Response

The States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service (SJFRS) have attended the following fires involving Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries:

Year	VehicleType	Incident Date	Cause of Fire	Fire Spread	Injuries / Fatalities
2019	E-Bike	February 2019	Most probable cause – E-bike battery on charge	51-100m	1 person with `Burns – Slight'
2021	Mobility Scooter	March 2021	Mobility scooter battery charging	Limited to room of origin	None
2021	Mobility Scooter	September 2021	Mobility scooter battery charging	Limited to room of origin	None
2022	E-Bike	September 2022	Most probable cause – E-bike battery on charge	201-500m	None

States of Jersey Fire and Rescue does not hold data in relation to details on how many of the batteries were certified by the vehicle OEM, or if the batteries had a battery management system or state of health monitoring, therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.