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Bill would fund specialized training for first responders on lithium‑ion battery and EV fires
Summary
Supporters told the House committee that House Bill 3798 would appropriate one million dollars (summary language also listed $1.1 million) to the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to develop training and props for emergency responders to address lithium‑ion battery and electric‑vehicle fires.
Representative Shelly Bosshardt Davis and officials from the Department of State Fire Marshal and the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) told the House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government and Veterans on March 27 that House Bill 3798 would fund statewide training to equip emergency responders for lithium‑ion battery and electric‑vehicle fires.
The bill’s summary on the committee agenda said it “requires the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to collaborate with the State Fire Marshal to deliver training to emergency responders on responding to lithium ion batteries and electrical vehicle fires” and listed an appropriation of $1,100,000 of…
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