Hydrogen Executive Leadership Panel

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Hydrogen Executive Leadership Panel

• Overview
• Chief Frederick Postel, Chairman

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History

• Stakeholder Dialogues November 2004, March
  2005, July 2005
• US DOT/NASFM Agreement on a Charter April 2005
• Designation of ICFSHE as project manager April
  2005
• Appointment of initial members April 2005
• Agreement on Strategic Plan July 2005
• Initial projects authorized July 2005

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Charter Scope

• Develop and exchange information on how the
  transition to hydrogen and other alternative
  fuels may impact public safety
• Bring together emergency responders, government
  regulators, scientists, consumers, and industry
  to facilitate a safe and orderly transition to
  hydrogen and other alternative fuel sources.
• Facilitate the selection of hydrogen safety pilot
  projects to be managed under the auspices of
  NASFM.

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Charter Structure
Research Innovative Technologies Administration
USDOT
National Association of State Fire Marshals
International Consortium for Fire Safety,
Health and the Environment
Hydrogen Executive Leadership Panel
Safe Energy Emergency Response Advisors
Safe Energy Science Advisors
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Accountabilities

• Develop an objective understanding of the
  technologies receiving the most serious
  attention, and the infrastructure which may be
  required to support these technologies.
• Establish and maintain the free flow of
  information among the Partners
• Identify the most significant public safety
  concerns including detailed descriptions of
  real world incident response scenarios related to
  the new energy technologies.

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Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain information that will
  facilitate the development of emergency responder
  safety
• Develop and maintain information that facilitates
  public education about the safety of
  hydrogen-based and other alternative fuels.
• Maintain timely and accurate monthly reports

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HELP Mission

• To bring together emergency responders,
  government regulators, scientists, consumers and
  experts from the automotive and energy industries
  to facilitate a safe and orderly transition to
  hydrogen and
• other alternative fuel sources.

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Day 2 Agenda
Goal I Hydrogen Highways safely built and
operated, with zero hydrogen incidents requiring
emergency response.
Goal II A significant overall improvement in
passenger survivability of automobile fires, so
that the fire risks present in todays autos
are not carried forward nor new risks
introduced
Community Education
Real world scenarios
Definitions and models
Firefighter Safety
Field investigations
Reporting thresholds