Our Story

Leading the Charge in EV Fire Safety and Containment

EV Fire Company was built by an operator and engineer with vast experience in high-risk fire environments.

We come from environments where failure is not academic and consequences are not hypothetical. Fireground decision making, engineering authority, and operational accountability are the lens through which we view EV risk.

EV Fire Company was born from a desire to provide people responsible for public safety, infrastructure, and environmental liability with tailored solutions to confidently mitigate risk associated with fire incidents.

Fire officer wearing an ‘Incident Commander’ vest with hands folded behind their back during an emergency response briefing

Who We Are

EV Fire Company is a Canadian authority on electric vehicle fire readiness, containment, and response.

We support fire services, municipalities, insurers, fleet operators, and infrastructure owners who cannot afford uncertainty in high risk environments.

Our role is straightforward.
We translate engineering reality into operational control.

We provide practical guidance grounded in operations and engineering, not sales narratives or generic best practices. When a decision needs to be made, we help organizations make the hard ones early, not after failure forces the issue.

Our Mission

Build Canada’s operating framework for EV fires and compromised vehicles to protect responders, communities, and infrastructure.

Our work goes beyond advisory documents. We develop operating frameworks that hold up under real conditions, not recycled standards written for different climates, infrastructure, or regulatory systems.

The incident does not end when the flames go out. We address the entire lifecycle of an EV incident:

ignition behaviour and thermal escalation
post suppression stabilization
transport of compromised vehicles
environmental runoff and contamination
public exposure management
insurer and regulatory implications
chain of custody and documentation

Firefighters overseeing a smoldering electric vehicle on a tow truck at night with steam and runoff visible after suppression

Firefighters operating at a large structural fire in a historic building during winter conditions with fire trucks and hose lines in use.

What Makes Us Different

We design for Canadian conditions from the ground up.

Cold weather operations, aging infrastructure, dense urban environments, long travel distances, and mixed jurisdiction response models inform everything we build.

We operate across the full event chain.

From hazard identification, through response, containment, environmental protection, and recovery.

We are not tied to a single vendor, platform, or product strategy. Our guidance remains objective and grounded in outcome, not sales.

When tools or systems are required, they exist to support the framework. Not replace it.

Our Leadership

EV Fire Company is led by professionals who have carried operational authority and safety accountability in real-world, regulated environments.

We work with organizations that are accountable for public safety, environmental protection, and operational continuity.

Our credibility is built on experience where failure was not an option.

Scott Gilmore

Co-Founder

Emergency Operations & Fireground Lead

Scott is a First Class Firefighter with Ottawa Fire Services, with 12 years of fire service experience — 9 in high-volume urban response and 3 prior as a rural firefighter.

For the past 25 years he has also worked in residential construction. He is licensed as a Red Seal Carpenter, while holding a diploma in Architectural Technology and certifications as a Building Construction Technologist and Residential Home Inspector.

This rare blend of fireground and building-science expertise drives Scott’s work at EV Fire Company where he leads the practical development of EV fire response procedures and training, working directly with emergency services, tow operators, and municipal teams.

His role is simple: ensure every recommendation is operationally realistic, legally defensible, and usable on the fireground, not theory on paper.

Ryan Verbenkov, MEng

Co-Founder

Engineering, Standards & Strategic Development Lead

Ryan is a retired Royal Canadian Navy Commander and Naval Engineering Officer with over 26 years of experience in high consequence operational environments. He holds a Masters of Engineering in Fire Safety Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

He served as the Royal Canadian Navy’s Fire Safety Certification Officer and as Systems Authority for all Auxiliary and Damage Control Systems, responsible for fleet wide standards, certification, and safety governance. He also served as Chief of Staff for Canada’s Joint Support Ship program, advising executive leadership on a multi billion dollar national shipbuilding initiative.

As a senior officer with Sea Training Pacific, Ryan sailed across the fleet assessing leadership, technical competence, and readiness of Marine Systems and Damage Control teams under high threat operational conditions.

At EV Fire Company, Ryan leads engineering analysis, standards development, and regulatory engagement, helping organizations translate lithium ion battery risk into operational frameworks that work in real conditions.