The car park

Going slightly off topic but also staying generally on topic... I spent Saturday night/Sunday morning aboard an overnight ferry from France to the UK and, as how my usual geeky brain works, as we were boarding with our vehicle and parked up alongside the lorries and RVs etc belonging to our fellow travellers, I got to wondering how they deal with EVs for fire risks etc while on board? 

If you're using the rail tunnel its a bit different as there is a service tunnel running alongside that's used for escape in case of fire etc (I'd love the opportunity to cycle the 26 mile length of the service tunnel but that's another story ) but obviously if you're out in the middle of the channel and one of the EVs on board suddenly catches fire in the hold, how is that dealt with? 

Needless to say, I familiarised myself with ALL the safety notices in my cabin on the topic of the evacuation process, assembly points and lifeboat locations etc before getting my head down for a few hours kip!  

you probably have not read https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mgn-653-m-electric-vehicles-onboard-passenger-roll-onroll-off-ro-ro-ferries/mgn-653-m-electric-vehicles-onboard-passenger-roll-onroll-off-ro-ro-ferries 

but that has the current UK official position. I note that the recommendation is that any badly damaged EVs are placed on weather decks. Part of me wonder if that is just because it makes it easier to flood, or also because perhaps it makes things easier to push over the side if things get really out of hand, as are occasionally  the instructions for certain types of very dangerous military cargos, that they be cut loose as a last resort... 

Mike.

And just to re-emphasise the points made above, whist there are differences in the risks between ICE and EVs, the probability of a fire occurring due to an ICE currently appears to be higher than with an EV.

Or in other words, cars are (and always have been) dangerous cargo whatever their fuel source. 

Just as I suspect (to go further off topic) there will be people nervous today about rail travel after the news from Spain, and hence choosing to travel by road, despite the fact that the road risks are about 100 times higher than rail risks. Familiar risks don't make headlines. 

Oooh interesting mapj1 thank you for the link! I see though that it was withdrawn with an amendment now which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mgn-653-m-amendment-1-electric-vehicles-onboard-passenger-roll-onroll-off-ro-ro-ferries/mgn-653-m-amendment-1-electric-vehicles-onboard-passenger-roll-onroll-off-ro-ro-ferries--2 Some more random info to fill up that geeky brain of mine! 

Oooh interesting mapj1 thank you for the link! I see though that it was withdrawn with an amendment now which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mgn-653-m-amendment-1-electric-vehicles-onboard-passenger-roll-onroll-off-ro-ro-ferries/mgn-653-m-amendment-1-electric-vehicles-onboard-passenger-roll-onroll-off-ro-ro-ferries--2 Some more random info to fill up that geeky brain of mine!