Webinar - Lithium-Ion Batteries & Energy Storage Systems Series, Part 1: Rising to the Challenge

The use of modern energy storage system (ESS) technology, including lithium-ion batteries, has exponentially increased over the last decade and is now in almost every facet of our daily lives. These ESSs pose new, and sometimes complex, challenges for first responders in terms of emergency planning and response. Their deployment and use directly impacts the entire emergency response spectrum from SOP/SOG development, to preplanning, to training, to response, to inspections, to public education, to cause and origin determination. This multi-part webinar series from the NVFC will help emergency response agencies plan for, train, and effectively respond to emergencies involving ESSs.

Tom Miller

Tom Miller is a 40 year veteran of the West Virginia fire service currently serving with the West Side Volunteer Fire Department. He is a Pro-Board certified Firefighter II, Fire Officer II,  Fire Instructor III and a Hazardous Materials Technician & Incident Commander.  Tom has been an Adjunct Instructor with West Virginia University Fire Service Extension since 1990 and has written numerous courses on specialized topics in emergency response and delivered them across the country.  Tom is a Life Member of the West Virginia State Firemen's Association.  He is the West Virginia Director to the NVFC and serves as the Chair of its Hazardous Materials Response and Homeland Security Committees and its Pandemic Response Task Group, as well as serving as an SME on various Technical Committees including the National Hazardous Materials Roundtable.  Tom also serves on the Standards & Codes; and Health, Safety & Training committees of the NVFC.  He is a Principal on the NFPA 470 (formerly 472/473/475/1072) Technical Committee.  Tom has  Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia State University and a Master of Arts degree from the School of Education and Professional Studies at Marshall University.

David Bullard

David is a 22 year member of the fire service and currently serves as a Lieutenant and coassigned to the Training Division with the Columbia County Fire Rescue (Ga.) and a part time Firefighter with Grovetown (Ga) DPS. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Georgia State Firefighter's Association, National Volunteer Fire Council State Director, Georgia Pipeline Emergency Response Initiave Board of Directors, NFPA’s Working Group on Flammable Refrigerants, Alternate to NFPA 1021 and 1056 Committees, and was Secretary of IFSTA's Pumping Apparatus Driver Operator 3rd Edition Curriculum Committee, contributor to the “Training Officer’s Desk Reference”, and is a Safety and Health coordinator with HEPACO LLC. As an active instructor for the Georgia Fire Academy with Firefighter Basics, David is constantly engaged with teaching live fire, leadership, HAZMAT, and Firefighter Survival/RIT classes.

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Select the "View On-Demand Recording" button to begin.  |  60 minutes The use of modern energy storage system (ESS) technology, including lithium-ion batteries, has exponentially increased over the last decade and is now in almost every facet of our daily lives. These ESSs pose new, and sometimes complex, challenges for first responders in terms of emergency planning and response. Their deployment and use directly impacts the entire emergency response spectrum from SOP/SOG development, to preplanning, to training, to response, to inspections, to public education, to cause and origin determination. This multi-part webinar series from the NVFC will help emergency response agencies plan for, train, and effectively respond to emergencies involving ESSs.
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