Vehicle Fire Blankets – An Essential Fire Suppression Method in Car Parks

Today, our car parks have increasing occupancy by electric vehicles.

The latest batteries being used today are known to burn continuous for many days in the case of a fault. In some countries, the means to extinguish such a fire involves lifting and dunking the burning vehicle in a container full of water. This is specialist apparatus which is not readily available and very time-consuming and difficult to put in place.

Now there’s an effective solution on the market which can help to quell the fire quickly, until professional fire fighting crews are on the scene.  A vehicle fire blanket from EINTAC!

• This can be quickly pulled over the vehicle using the attached handles.
• Once fully covered, tucking the edges of the blanket up close to the edge of the car will stop air from reaching the fire, thereby stifling the flames and reducing the likelihood of the fire really taking hold and spreading to neighbouring cars.
• Not only does it stop the fire but it also contains the toxic fumes that can escape an electric vehicle fire.
• The blanket requires quick thinking and fast deployment.
• This can be easily achieved by two people.

Buy Vehicle Fire Blankets

EINTAC are proud to offer two Vehicle Fire Blankets to suit different environments and requirements:

• The Car Fire Blanket FR is a single-use fire suppression method.
• While the Car Fire Blanket Pro XL is reusable up to 30 times.
• Both blankets measure 6 metres by 8 metres (20ft x 26ft)
• The only quick and effective solution for handling fires in electric cars and stopping them from spreading.

For more information on vehicle fire blankets, please contact EINTAC today on +44 (0)1376 5256066 or sales@eintac.com.

Liability Insurance Renewals Require EV Training and Equipment – Is your Workshop EV Ready?

Across the country, in every town and city, are countless numbers of small garages involved in accident repair, vehicle servicing and maintenance. All these small businesses will be aware of the ever-growing number of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles and many will be considering whether they have the tools and skills to accommodate these vehicles. In 2022 so far (data up to and including September 2022) 51% of all new vehicles registered fall under the EV or HEV umbrella, this is up from 44% in 2021.

The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) update national statistics regularly on the number of motor mechanics who are now trained and qualified to work on EVs and HEVs. Although this number is growing, it still lags far behind the growth in electric vehicles currently on UK roads.

For those small auto repair, servicing and maintenance businesses around the country who might be hesitant about investing in training and equipment, EINTAC have heard from a rapidly growing number of business owners that insurers will not renew employer liability cover without evidence of EV training.

This is a timely reminder to those businesses that the need to be ready for the EV market is urgent. Those who are sufficiently prepared for the future of the motor industry will have a competitive advantage over those who remain undecided or unconvinced.

EINTAC are a world leader in providing training and tools for working on EHVs. Our knowledgeable team will be able to ensure your garage is adequately equipped and your staff are expertly trained to work on electric and hybrid vehicles. Our new workshop questionnaire enables us to quickly and easily understand your needs and requirements and put a proposal together to ensure your business is ready for EVs.

For more information get in touch with EINTAC today on 01376 325606 or sales@eintac.com.

Vehicle Fire Blankets – An Essential Fire Suppression Method in Car Parks

The consequences of a major incident and insurance loss as the result of a vehicle fire in a car park cannot be better illustrated than by the now infamous fire in Cork City Ireland in August 2019.

A fire in a single vehicle quickly spread to other cars parked close by. When the fire was eventually extinguished and assessors completed their reports, insurers were staring down the barrel of €30m in losses.

Put aside the financial losses for a moment and imagine a fire on that scale in occupied buildings and the possible loss of life. Vehicle fires are a significant potential danger and one that cannot be ignored.

Today, our car parks have increasing occupancy by electric vehicles. The latest batteries being used today are known to burn continuous for many days in the case of a fault. In some countries, the means to extinguish such a fire involves lifting and dunking the burning vehicle in a container full of water. This is specialist apparatus which is not readily available and very time consuming and difficult to put in place.

Now there’s an effective solution on the market which can help to quell the fire quickly, until professional fire fighting crews are on the scene.

A vehicle fire blanket from EINTAC can be quickly pulled over the vehicle using the attached handles. Once fully covered, tucking the edges of the blanket up close to the edge of the car will stop air from reaching the fire, thereby stifling the flames and reducing the likelihood of the fire really taking hold and spreading to neighbouring cars. Not only does it stop the fire but it also contains the toxic fumes that can escape an electric vehicle fire. The blanket requires quick thinking and fast deployment. This can be easily achieved by two persons.

As awareness of this potential threat increases, car park operating companies have a new duty of care to update their fire risk assessment and put in place suitable measures to mitigate such risk. The fire blankets need to be carefully sited for quick availability. In a multi-storey car park, a blanket should be located on every level.

The blankets are supplied in a carry bag and can also be stored on a convenient barrow to enable it to be brought to the location of the fire with ease. But as in any fire discovery situation, we advise caution when tackling the fire and recommend keeping well back if there’s any hint of risk.

EINTAC are proud to offer two Vehicle Fire Blankets to suit different environments and requirements. The Car Fire Blanket FR is a single use fire suppression method while the Car Fire Blanket Pro XL is reusable up to 30 times. Both blankets measure 6 metres by 8 metres (20ft x 26ft) and are the only quick and effective solution to handle fires in electric cars and stop them from spreading.

For more information on vehicle fire blankets, please contact EINTAC today on +44 (0)1376 5256066 or sales@eintac.com.

Our EHV training partner, Andy Latham of Salvage Wire Ltd has recently launched the Certified Global Trainer Network.

This initiative seeks to grow a network of trainers who can deliver, among other things, electric vehicle competence and qualifications for vehicle technicians.

Statistics published by The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) regularly remind us of the shortfall in qualified EV technicians. It’s also the case that there is a shortage of training establishments available to deliver these courses.

Andy would like to hear from you if you’re a private individual with automotive training experience, or an existing training establishment who would like deliver these courses.

EINTAC Ltd is taking bookings for these courses regularly. And there’s a long wait for all the reasons mentioned above. Why not join the Certified Global Trainer Network today.

To enquire about this, you can call EINTAC or better still, can contact Andy directly via the Salvage Wire website.

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EINTAC are Exhibiting at Cenex-LCV 2021

EINTAC are proud to announce that we will be exhibiting at Cenex’s Low Carbon Vehicle Show. The exhibition is taking place on the 22nd and 23rd of September 2021 at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.

We will be at Stand C3-518 with our brand new exhibition stand along with a large number of EINTAC products. Arc Flash Clothing, Personal Protective Equipment, Insulated Tools and more will be displayed on our stand giving attendees the chance to get hands on with the high quality products EINTAC supply. We will also be able to provide detailed information on our training courses including our status as an IMI Approved Centre.

Exhibitions such as Cenex-LCV 2021 are a great opportunity for us to meet face to face with our customers and key contacts and we look forwards to seeing many familiar faces as well as some new ones. If you are attending the show, then please feel free to visit our stand and see all that EINTAC have to offer.

70% of Europeans Will Consider an EV for Their Next Car – Is your Business Ready?

When polled, 70% of European drivers said they would consider buying an Electric Vehicle (EV) as their next car. This Europe wide survey is Nissan’s most in depth investigation into the habits of motorists and their views on the future of the automotive industry. The findings help to dispel many of the oft-repeated myths about driver’s worries surrounding EVs.

Nissan surveyed 7,000 motorists split evenly between EV and internal combustion engine (ICE) drivers from a range of European countries including the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and more. Initial findings highlighted that EV driver satisfaction was very high with 90% of EV drivers saying they made the correct decision. Of the EV drivers 77% found it smoother to drive than an ICE vehicle and 97% found the transition easy. Furthermore, the majority (70%) of motorists admit that the range of their EV was better than expected, countering the 58% of ICE owners who believe EVs offer low driving range.

It is clear to see that the EV versus ICE debate among the general public is reaching a tipping point. Even the staunchest defenders of petrol and diesel vehicles are seeing the lowering prices and increased benefits of electric vehicles and, as the data shows, once drivers switch the EVs they do not regret the decision. With range anxiety becoming less of an issue and charging networks rapidly expanding across the world there is an ever-decreasing list of reasons for motorists to not make the change to electrically powered vehicles.

The exponential growth in EV sales and the public’s changing mindset highlight that the vehicle servicing, repair and dismantling sectors as well as anyone who could come into contact with an EV needs to be aware of the risks and have the right tools and PPE to hand. At EINTAC we have spent the last 5 years serving and supporting the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle market and have become a trusted, reliable partner and source of knowledge, information and equipment for many clients.

It is vital that nobody takes risks when working on EHVs. We offer a wide range of products which include the basic PPE and safety equipment required to work safely on these vehicles. It is important that the correct equipment is used and to never work on EHVs using modified or improvised equipment.

At EINTAC we want to make sure you and your business are prepared and protected when coming into contact with EVs. Our team of knowledgeable experts will be happy to share our experience and outline the exact insulated tools and protective equipment required for your needs and situation. Please call us on 01376 525 606 or email sales@eintac.com to discuss your requirements and let us take the hassle out of getting ready for EVs.

EINTAC Partners to Provide Safety Training for German Certification Body TÜV Rheinland

EINTAC are proud to announce that we have partnered with TÜV Rheinland to aid them in offering Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Safety Training courses to Automotive Technicians.

This collaboration began in March 2019 when TÜV Rheinland recognised the need to have a series of EHV training courses available to meet the rapidly growing demand. TÜV Rheinland is a German based organisation with branches around the world. They provide certification, approvals and training with a truly global customer base. They approached EINTAC thanks to our strong reputation and our ability to provide training courses to enable them to hit the ground running.

In the following months, TÜV Rheinland were hard at work preparing their internal systems to best harness our expertise. This included TÜV Rheinland creating the framework for the qualifications within their existing and well recognised Personal Certification (PersCert) system allowing candidates to keep using TÜV courses to build a professional profile in one place. Their hard work resulted in TÜV Rheinland supplying us with a detailed specification for their training requirements which allowed us to build out the scope of this plan. We devised two levels of courses and produced all the resources for the core of the training modules including presentation slides, assessments, and sales & marketing materials. After this was completed, we collaborated on the final practical stage of the training courses.

Throughout the process, TÜV Rheinland and EINTAC were in constant communication allowing continuous checking and monitoring of our course content. This ensured we not only produced a duo of courses that fit their specification but also that they were ready to be delivered as soon as they were completed. Knowing we had the help and support of TÜV Rheinland and their entire structure was very reassuring and gave us great confidence in the success of the project.

The practical side of the course was a more difficult challenge to organise than normal EINTAC training solutions for two key reasons. Firstly, the first group that TÜV Rheinland had organised to undertake this course were located in Zaragoza, Spain and both Spain and the UK were under severe restrictions on travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Secondly, none of our trainers spoke Spanish and clear delivery of the information was vitally important. Undeterred, EINTAC devised a concept for the remote delivery of both the four 4-hour long training sessions and the final practical assessment. These were all done by making use of video conferencing services and the assistance of simultaneous English to Spanish translation.

On the 10^th December, the first cohort of 15 trainees carried out their practical assessments under supervision from our invigilators and the results were a resounding success. This success has paved the way for more EINTAC and TÜV Rheinland collaboration and cooperation since and going forward.

EINTAC are delighted to have been able to partner with TÜV Rheinland in this endeavour and to provide a proven proof of concept on remote delivery of EINTAC EHV Safety Training, especially under difficult circumstances.

To see more information about the training offered by EINTAC please visit our Training Courses page.

EINTAC Provides Equipment and Assistance to Keep Dorset Police Safe

Of the many sectors and industries EINTAC provide equipment and training for, the emergency services are one of the most important and we are proud to be a trusted partner for a collection of police forces across the UK. Recently, EINTAC were contacted by Dorset Police who were seeking information and assistance on the rapidly growing need to be prepared to deal with a wide range of situations involving electric vehicles.

Dorset Police were keen to learn from our expertise and our knowledgeable team were happy to provide insight drawn from our comprehensive experience. As a result of working with several other police forces and understanding their requirements we were able to offer Dorset police a comprehensive selection of recommendations about how to best safeguard personnel. We presented Dorset Police a quotation for a range of necessary equipment that would be required as well as our proposals for training. Here we split this between training that would be considered essential staff who would be hands-on and working intrusively with electric vehicles and others who may come into contact with EVs in their policing work.

As with all EINTAC equipment and training enquiries, our goal is to ensure that the customer or client is aware of the potential risks and dangers of the electric vehicles and are presented with the best resources to counteract that risk and work safely. We are glad to say that the shipments of equipment for Dorset Police have left our warehouse and that further provisions were put in place to also supply the neighbouring Devon & Cornwall police.

On working with EINTAC, Dorset Police’s Stephen Edwards said “Whilst researching electric vehicle PPE and tooling, I came across the EINTAC website which was very informative, well set out and answered a lot of my questions. I contacted EINTAC and spoke to Ian who set out comprehensively what they can offer regarding training and equipment. Ian put together a bespoke package covering all our PPE and equipment needs. Excellent product knowledge from Ian and Susie, seamless transaction, an all-round good experience dealing with EINTAC.”

Working with, and helping to safeguard, the emergency services when they come into contact with Electric Vehicles is an aspect we are proud of at EINTAC and we look forward to working more with Dorset, Devon & Cornwall and other police forces in the UK in the future.

EINTAC Supply Specialised Hydraulic Lifting Table to Mazda UK

EINTAC supply a wide range of products to help vehicle technicians safely work on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. Occasionally our customers come to us with requests that are a little more specialised or unusual. In late 2020, when Mazda approached us to be the sole provider of tools, equipment and signage for their UK dealerships they were also interested in some specialist hardware. Among their specification was a hydraulic lifting table to facilitate the safe removal and reinstallation of electric car batteries.

With insight into their requirements, we began a thorough due diligence process. First, we established a shortlist of manufacturers of lifting tables that would adequately support the weight of electric vehicle battery arrays. We then reached out to each of these companies to better understand their products and ascertain how well they would fit into our proposal to Mazda. For example, one aspect that Mazda were interested in was making these lifting tables multi-purpose. To meet this we ensured that any lifting tables we selected would be fitted with a removable top railing system to allow each dealership to use the table for work on combustion engine vehicles such as during engine and gearbox removal.

Following this process, we were able to select our preferred manufacturer. We then organised a covid-safe factory visit alongside our contact at Mazda so that all parties could ensure they were happy with the product selection. The socially distanced factory tour confirmed to both EINTAC and Mazda that the selected supplier would tick all of the boxes required and so this lifting table formed part of the final product selection sent to all Mazda dealerships in the UK in preparation for the launch of the MX-30.

The thorough process we undertook to ensure the product supplied to Mazda were of the highest possible quality and within their pricing scope is a strong example of the attention to detail we pride ourselves on at EINTAC. Ensuring our customers are satisfied with the products on offer is a vitally important aspect of the way we chose to do business at EINTAC and this example is just one of a plethora of similar situations where we have gone the extra mile for our customers. You can read more about our partnership with Mazda here, or find out about the other ways we worked to go the extra mile for them with our bespoke, laser engraved tool kits here.

If you or your business would be interested in seeing first hand how EINTAC go the extra mile to ensure complete customer satisfaction then get in touch with us today on +44 (0)1376 525606.

Personalised and Bespoke Insulated Tool Kits from EINTAC

Among the range of products EINTAC offer for working safely on Electric Vehicles, our insulated tool kits have proven to be extremely popular. EINTAC have a selection of kits available to cater to different situations and needs. Sometimes, however, a customer approaches us with a specific set of insulated tool requirements which do not exactly match one of our current kits. That is why EINTAC offer customers the option to have a bespoke insulated tool kit created for them.

In this scenario, the customer details exactly the tools they require and we create them a personalised kit, contained in a case to fit all the tools with foam cut outs for keeping everything organised. Furthermore, increased personalisation can be offered in the way of laser engraving. With a laser engraver in house, both the case and tools within can be engraved to feature your company name, logo or whatever you would like.

An excellent example of the bespoke insulated tool kits and the personalisation on offer from EINTAC can be seen with our recent partnership with Mazda. When Mazda reached out to us, we worked to their specification and included all of the tools they would need to safely work on their brand new electric vehicle, the MX-30. The tools were supplied in a customised case to keep everything in its rightful place and the Mazda logo was engraved on the tool kit.

The finished article was greatly appreciated by Mazda and now serves as the default tool kit for all Mazda dealerships in the United Kingdom. You can read more about our partnership with Mazda UK here.

If a personalised and bespoke tool kit would be of interest to you or your business, then please get in touch with our team by calling +44 (0)1376 525606.