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07/26/2012

Request for proposals issued for electric vehicle battery hazard emergency response best practices

A Request for Proposals for Project Research Contractor has been issued for a Best Practices for Emergency Response to Incidents Involving Electric Vehicle Battery Hazards (PDF, 335 KB) research project. Proposals should be submitted to Kathleen Almand by August 13, 2012, 12:00 pm EDT.

The foundation seeks this research contractor to implement a research program to develop the technical basis for best practices for emergency response procedures for EV battery incident firefighting - PPE, suppression methors and agents, and clean-up/overhaul operations. 

Learn more about this request for proposals. 

The Foundation periodically issues requests for proposals for the conduct of research. To automatically receive notification of these requests, please e-mail Eric Peterson.

Posted by on 07/26/2012 at 10:05 AM in Electric Vehicles, Requests for Proposals |

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Posted by: jelly andrews | 12/26/2012 at 05:55 AM

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