Planned Florida electric bus center poses new challenges, including potential EV fires

A lieutenant from a South Florida fire department says they are preparing for the opening of a planned transit operations center that will house 100 60-foot articulated battery-electric-buses, which poses a variety of new challenges. 

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) Lt. Mike Adams says the EV industry is changing so rapidly and is so new that departments are trying to keep up. The South Dade Transit Operations Center is set to house Miami-Dade County’s Metrobus fleet as early as next summer, with project completion slated for summ