How Electrified is Your Response Area?
OVERVIEW
Our life is becoming electrified by batteries more and more each day; from vehicles to everyday items that we use and depend on. These same batteries that make our days easier can also make it a day to remember if you respond to a battery emergency. Much of the fire service is not prepared with training and knowledge to be successful when responding to these battery emergencies. Join us as we discuss lessons learned, smart practices, and what we can do to keep our members safe while mitigating these incidents.
TAKEAWAYS
- Learn whether we can/should put water on batteries or not
- Hear what outside agencies you may need for assistance
- Understand how unprepared many organizations are to respond to these electric emergencies.
Ben’s diverse background in executive leadership, mergers and acquisitions, research and development, new production introduction, engineering, business and product development, operations, field support, and supply chain gives him a broad range of understating to tackle problems at all levels of the organization.
Ben has held key positions with one of industry’s leading electronics contract manufacturers, large format lithium battery manufacturer, advanced energy development firm, non-profit battery commercialization center, and owns and advises multiple small business ventures/startups. His career has taken him all over the world; working, living, supporting, and building companies in the US, Mexico, Asia, Canada, and portions of Europe.
Ben attended Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) majoring in electrical engineering where he was co-captain of the Electric Jag (Indy) racecar team. He is a Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt, APICS-CPIM accredited, and received Sandler President’s Sales Certification. In addition to his primary role, Ben also is on advisory boards for Indiana IoT, CareBand, Eclipse Energy Labs, EMC2 lab, and Switchback Energy.
In his spare time he enjoys off-road motorcycle adventure riding, mountain biking, and tinkering on car, home, and technology projects with his daughters.
