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BESS Emergency Response Plans
Site-specific plans that give first responders what they need to safely respond to a fire, explosion or other emergency at a battery storage site.
Project Safety as the Highest Priority
Fractal prepares site-specific Emergency Response Plans (ERPs) for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, giving first responders what they need to safely respond to a fire, explosion or other emergency, with project safety as the highest priority.
Plan Contents
A Typical Emergency Response Plan Covers
- Emergency contacts: fire, police, hospital, burn center, remote operations center and subject matter expert
- Activation, agency jurisdiction and Incident Command System (ICS) roles
- Site description: fire department access, staging areas, security perimeter, water supply and nearby exposures
- Energy storage system summary: make, model, capacity and number of units
- Fire protection features: gas detection, explosion protection and fire suppression
- Emergency shutoffs at the site and enclosure level, and the battery management system
- Fire detection, alarms and notification, central station and remote monitoring
- Lithium-ion hazards: thermal runaway, re-ignition, explosion, electric shock, arc flash and toxic gases
- PPE, size-up and fire protection approach
- Drainage and water run-off
- Post-incident handoff and activation of the decommissioning plan
- Safety data sheets, signage and placarding, single line diagram, and review and training logs
Incident Scenarios
Each plan sets out the response to the following scenarios.
Fire
External fire exposure
Explosion
External impact
Thermal runaway and off-gassing
Electric shock and arc flash
Alarm
Construction, commissioning and maintenance
Plan Development
1
As-Designed Draft
Prepared from design documents, equipment data and site plans, with fire department and AHJ input.
2
As-Built Final
Finalized after a site walkthrough confirms the installed system matches the design.
3
Annual Review
Reviewed and updated every year, with fire department training recorded.
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