Responder and Recovery Safety in EV Fires Act
Sponsored By: Senator Tim Sheehy
Introduced
Summary
Better guidance and public data for responding to electric vehicle fires. This bill would create an Electric Vehicle Fire Response Working Group at the Department of Transportation to review EV fire risks, issue response best practices, and collect roadside incident reports.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Issue EV fire best practices
This bill would require the working group to continually review EV fire risks and response practices and to periodically issue or update best-practice guidance for responders, towing operators, manufacturers, and charging-site operators. The group would also send an annual public report to Congress summarizing the prior year’s work, guidance issued or updated, and issues under study. If enacted, these actions would aim to improve emergency response and public safety over time.
Public EV fire data in NERIS
This bill would require the working group to report roadside electric vehicle fire incidents into the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS). Each report would include location, time of incident and response, scene conditions (weather, daylight, presence of people or other vehicles), the response actions used, results of the response, and other group-decided details when practical. The U.S. Fire Administration would publish those reports in the NERIS database and coordinate updates with the working group.
Set up EV fire working group
This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to set up an Electric Vehicle Fire Response Working Group within 90 days. The group would run for 10 years and have at least 22 unpaid members. Members would include towing, emergency responders, auto and battery makers, standards groups, and some federal safety agencies. The group would be exempt from the usual Federal Advisory Committee Act rules and would use existing DOT funds for administrative support. The bill would define which vehicles and roadside incidents the group covers, including cars, buses, and trucks used on public roads, charging stations open to the public, and public parking decks or lots.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tim Sheehy
MT • R
Cosponsors
Ron Wyden
OR • D
Sponsored 3/12/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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