| Fire | Risk of fire spreading within the facility. | Wherever possible, ensure the vehicle charging bay is 2-3 meters away from any building, materials or landscaping that may increase the risk of the fire spreading throughout the facility. | Check wooden fencing, cladding, plastic shelters, and heavily landscaped and forested areas as they can be explosive. |
| Fire | Risk of fire spreading beyond the facility. | Ensure a boundary risk assessment is completed to check if any neighbouring buildings, storage or operations could support the spread of fire outside the site boundary. | Check the storage of waste oil, gas bottles, chemicals, waste paper, cardboard, rubbish and plastics, as these can be highly flammable. |
| Public safety | Smoke inhalation. | Check to see if smoke from a vehicle fire on site could impact nearby members of the public. Have a communication plan in place for notifying them to leave the area or stay inside with doors and windows closed. | Consider the proximity of areas such as schools, care homes, hospitals, busy shopping areas, waiting areas for public transport, restaurants and cafes. |
| Public safety | Emergency procedures. | Consider how emergency services would access the site, especially if people are trying to evacuate. Ensure there are no physical restrictions on site that may impede them. | The public should immediately call the emergency services, leave the area and not attempt to tackle any vehicle fire themselves. |
| Public safety | Access for emergency services. | Consider how emergency services would access the site, especially if people are trying to evacuate. Ensure there are no physical restrictions on site that may impede them. | Height restriction barriers, basement or rooftop parking, one-way systems, traffic calming measures. |
| Environment | Firewater pollution of the environment - below ground. | Check where the drainage for the site runs. Firewater pollution is an offence. Mapping and indicating the last point where firewater may leave the site will help the emergency services isolate it. In some instances, it will be possible to fit firewater pollution prevention valves into the drainage system. | Firewater may leave the site through below-ground storm drains, where it can enter public sewers or the general environment. |
| Environment | Firewater pollution of the environment - above ground. | Where the site is on a pronounced gradient, assess where any fire water may run, especially where it is likely to leave the site and reach environmentally sensitive areas. | Dropped kerbs, entrance and exit routes or where charge points are installed in landscaped areas may provide a pathway for firewater to enter the environment. |
