This roadmap provides necessary information to support owners, opera-tors, and developers of energy storage in proactively designing, building, operating, and maintaining these systems to minimize fire risk and ensure the safety of the public, operators, and environment. ast year, the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA) and Vector Solutions launched a program to properly train U. fire departments how to safely mitigate fires that involve energy storage technologies (such as battery energy storage systems). While the first part of that effort focused on. Battery Energy Storage Systems, or BESS, help stabilize electrical grids by providing steady power flow despite fluctuations from inconsistent generation of renewable energy sources and other disruptions. However, due to the thermal runaway characteristics of lithium-ion batteries, much more attention is attracted to the fir ties,first responders,and the environment.