Chris Pfaff

Fire Captain and Prevention Officer, West Pierce Fire and Rescue

Patrick Durham

Captain and Training Officer, Troy Fire Department

Dr. Sean Thompson

Regional Law Enforcement and Dangerous Waste Coordinator

Sean DeCrane

Director, Fire Fighter Health and Safety Operational Services

Chris Greene

Retired Captain, Seattle Fire Department; Instructor and Committee Member

Daylan Zartman

Chief Operating Officer, Energy Security Agency; Technical Rescue Specialist and Paramedic

Lance Bullard

Associate Agency Director and Senior Research Engineer, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

This is a sample schedule of our 2025 event; 2026 event schedule will be announced closer to the event date.

2:00 PM | Check-In Opens

6:30 AM | Check-In Opens

8:00 AM | David Coatney, Agency Welcome and About the TEEX Energy Journey

8:30 AM | Keynote – Chris Greene (Captain Seattle FD, Ret.), The Energy Battleship 

10:30 AM | Break 

10:45 AM | Dr. Imad Khalek (Southwest Research Institute, SwRI) and Gordon Lohmeyer (TEEX), SwRI Li Battery Testing and Contamination 

12:00 PM | Lunch (Provided)

1:00 PM | Chris Pfaff (West Pierce Co. Fire Marshal), DDR Battery Shipments, Codes and Placarding

3:00 PM | Break 

3:15 PM |  David Brannon (Pasadena Texas Fire Marshal), City of Pasadena’s Energy Codes and Enforcement 

4:00 PM | Tompall Glaser (Jupiter Power), Battery Energy Storage Systems – Installation, Safety and Plans in the Event of Failure

5:00 PM | End of Day 1 Content

6:00 PM | TEEX-Sponsored Mixer

8:00 AM | Keynote – Dalan Zartman (Energy Security Agency), Large Scale Li-ion Emergencies – Pre- and Post-incident Planning

10:00 AM | Break

10:15 AM | C Todd Smith (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), Li Battery Toxicity Concerns 

11:00 AM | Dr. Sean Thompson (Washington State Department of Ecology), Li Environmental Remediation and Cleanup

12:00 PM | Lunch (Provided)

1:00 PM | Dan Buchanan (TEEX), Training for Energy Emergencies (EM-ESV Software) 

2:00 PM | Lance Bullard (Texas A&M Transportation Institute), TTI Crash Testing of Electric Vehicles

3:00 PM | Break

3:30 PM | Panel Discussion (all presenters), Lessons Learned and the Future of Energy 

5:00 PM | End of Day