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Fire and police chiefs report on EV fire preparedness and recent criminal convictions
Summary
The fire chief described new EV fire response measures and ongoing hiring and training; the police chief summarized three investigations that resulted in guilty pleas, including an Internet Crimes Against Children case and a fatal assault investigation.
Chief Eisneracker of the Grandview Heights Fire Department told the council that the department is preparing for electric vehicle incidents by putting a fire blanket into service and coordinating with local parking-garage operator NRI, which has installed three EV charging stations in city garages. "With our fire blanket, with water, we can cool them down and then we can get them to where a tow truck can haul them away," he said, explaining that EV battery fires can require extended…
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