# New layer of response: Lithium-ion

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Podcast: [Fire Fighting in Canada: The Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fire-fighting-in-canada-the-podcast-4427714)
Published: 2026-09-04T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://fire-fighting-in-canada.captivate.fm
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## Resource

Kelowna Fire Department assistant training officer Bryan Nykilchuk joins host Tom DeSorcy to discuss the emerging risks electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries pose to the fire service. A career firefighter since 2005, Nykilchuk began researching EV and battery hazards after learning about a 2025 incident in Sacramento, Calif., where four firefighters were exposed to a Tesla undergoing thermal runaway despite being several hundred feet away. He has since developed an EV and lithium-ion battery awareness program for Kelowna firefighters that covers key hazards, response considerations and the strategies and tactics crews can use when responding to battery-involved incidents. This episode is brought to you by VFIS of Canada, a division of CVIS Incorporated, Canada’s largest insurer of firefighters since 1991.

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