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Green Energy Battery Storage and Impacts on First Responders
The stored-energy field is growing rapidly, and battery energy storage systems are expected to continue strengthening the nation’s grid. However, these systems introduce new risks—hard-to-extinguish fires and chemical exposure that endangers first responders. Awareness and specialized training are essential to manage these new hazards in a dynamic and dangerous environment.
Raw Materials: The Risk to Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery rarely centers on the materials that make rebuilding possible. Modern infrastructure depends on fragile, geopolitically concentrated supply chains ill-suited for post-disaster demand. Recovery must increasingly hinge not just on leadership and logistics, but on the ability to rapidly secure and deliver the critical raw materials communities need to rebuild.
Podcast – A Power Dilemma: The Benefits and Safety Challenges of Lithium-Ion Batteries
One of the fastest-growing challenges in emergency response is the use of lithium-ion batteries, which are revolutionizing the way people power daily activities but introducing unique and dangerous risks when things go wrong. In this conversation, Gordon Lohmeyer from the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shares the latest research to improve protection for those on the front lines and communities across the country.
The Cyber-Insecurity of Medical Devices
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in medical devices could lead to manufacturing failures and compromise patient health and the healthcare infrastructure. To ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical devices in a rapidly changing cyber landscape, manufacturers need to implement well-established cybersecurity principles, and regulators must enforce them.
Next Generation 911 in Public Safety Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Legacy 911 systems, which still serve large portions of the United States, rely on decades-old copper wire technology that cannot withstand today’s cyber threats. Protecting this critical public safety infrastructure demands a coordinated effort to accelerate Next Generation 911 implementation and to strengthen cybersecurity standards—essential to ensure resilience, security, and reliable emergency response.
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Featured in this issue
- Digital and Real-World Emergencies Collide
- Response to Autonomous Vehicle Incidents
- Securing Food & Agriculture Supply Chains
- Why AI Must Include Community Voices
- Cyber Response: From Server to Situation Room
- Cybersecurity for Next Gen 911
- Crafting Warning Messages With Generative AI
- The Cyber-Insecurity of Medical Devices
- A Victim-Centered Approach to Mass Violence
- Harnessing AI & GIS
- Integrating Cybersecurity Into ICS
Articles Out Loud
Green Energy Battery Storage and Impacts on First Responders
November 5, 2025
The stored-energy field is growing rapidly, and battery energy storage systems are expected to continue strengthening the nation’s grid. However,
Raw Materials: The Risk to Disaster Recovery
November 5, 2025
Disaster recovery rarely centers on the materials that make rebuilding possible. Modern infrastructure depends on fragile, geopolitically concentrated supply chains
Editor’s Note: Digital and Real-World Emergency Preparedness Collide