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E85 Fleet Toolkit

Training

Photo of two people fueling a truck at an E85 fueling station dedication ceremony.

Training drivers on the merits of E85 and safety issues related to E85 will help make your E85 fleet project successful.

You may use this downloadable presentation E85 as a Vehicle Fuel (PDF 817 KB) (PowerPoint 2.6 MB), developed by the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy, as a way to help educate your drivers, management, and staff about E85 as a fuel. Download Adobe Reader. The presentation has several modules including:

  1. Introduction to E85
  2. Properties and Characteristics of E85
  3. E85 Fueling Stations
  4. Safety Practices and Emergency Action Plan
  5. What makes an FFV different?
  6. E85 in Review

In addition, every fueling facility should have an emergency action plan and all employees should be familiar with the actions necessary in the event of an accident. It is critical that a strong statement about safety policies be in place for your organization, that mandatory safety meetings for employees and users of the site be held on a regular basis, and that safety procedures be reviewed on an annual basis.

E85 has been determined to be a flammable liquid per the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, and should be handled accordingly.

The safety standards for handling E85 are the same as those for gasoline. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes 30 and 30-A pertain to refueling stations and the handling of motor fuels and other combustible liquids.