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OCMPF plans Oct. 29 fall course with site-plan training and a session on BESS safety after local fires
Summary
The board discussed holding a fall half-day course Oct. 29 focused on site-plan reading for planning and ZBA members and suggested including an objective presentation on recent BESS fires; board members noted local opposition after three BESS fires in Warwick.
Board members discussed using the Oct. 29 fall half-day course to teach planning board and ZBA members how to read site plans and to include technical presentations. John Strobl suggested smaller table-based instruction modeled on prior sessions, with local engineering firms such as HDR and Lanc & Tully as potential presenters.
Carla Castillo proposed bringing in staff from another county to present on a BESS fire case study. Ben Astorino noted the local context: "As a result, a lot of people in Warwick are against BESS systems." The board framed the proposed session as objective technical training that could address safety and community concerns while acknowledging local opposition.
