North Texas Firefighters Get Electric Vehicle First Responder Training From General Motors

More than 50 first responder organizations will get hands on training from General Motors.

As the vehicles grow in popularity, firefighters say the need for this special training grows as well.

“Anytime we have a vehicle accident, usually when we take our jaws [of life] and extricate the car from around the victim, now we actually have to worry about where we cut the car so that we don’t injure our first responders or the victims that are in the car,” Garland Fire Department representative James Dugger said.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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