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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Motor Vehicles: Fires (3 March 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of fire authorities to respond to fires in (a) electric and (b) hydrogen vehicles.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

Answer

It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority to determine their operational response based on its analysis of risk and local circumstances, and drawing on national operational guidance provided by the National Fire Chiefs Council.


Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
6 April 2020

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