APS explosion a powerful, painful lesson.

“The greatest lesson is these high-capacity batteries have such amazing thermal capacity--our traditional firefighting measures will not work. "
“It’s a miracle all of them are alive,” said Bryan Jeffries, president of the 7,000-member Professional Firefighters of Arizona and a captain with the Mesa Fire Department.

The Surprise APS facility event was a powerful, painful lesson.
“The bottom line for us is sustainable energy is growing and it’s here to stay. The reality is we are going to be dealing with (fires at) these energy storage places that use high-capacity batteries. This is all new and emerging technology,” Jeffries said.

“It’s not like rushing into a fire—an offensive approach. This is going to have to be a far more defensive approach,” the union president said.
“It’s a whole new animal. We’re going to find these all over the place, (from) small versions in people’s garages storing solar power to massive ones.”

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