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First Responder Summit

February 6 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Join leading experts at the First Responder Summit: Electric Vehicle and Stored Energy, May 12–14, 2026, at Texas A&M University, for in-depth discussions and training on EV and battery-related emergency response. This summit brings together top professionals in fire safety, engineering, and hazardous materials to share cutting-edge insights and best practices for first responders.

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$250

Speaker Highlight

Patrick Durham: Challenges of Large-Scale Lithium-ion Battery Incidents

Large-scale lithium-ion battery incidents are long, messy and unpredictable. Once thermal runaway starts, there is massive heat, heavy smoke, delayed ignition and the real possibility of repeated flare-ups hours or days later. This session breaks down why these events escalate so quickly, what makes them so hard to control and what fire departments need to understand before they’re standing in front of one.   

Patrick Durham is a mechanical engineer and is currently the captain of Troy Fire Department in Troy, Michigan. He has served for 19 years in the fire service, in addition to working on advanced development projects in the automotive industry. Most recently, he designed multi-material battery structures for electric vehicles.