A goal is to ensure that emergency service vehicles will be operable and available during a disaster.
The Initiative for Resiliency in Energy through Vehicles (iREV), a project funded by the Department of Energy Clean Cities program to accelerate the growth of thealternative fuel车辆市场作为鼓励社区在其紧急响应舰队中加入替代燃料汽车的目标之一。
全国国家能源官员协会（NASEO），位于弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿，
在东北是这种情况超级风暴桑迪struck in October 2012. It was days (and in some cases, weeks) before drivers could obtain gasoline or diesel for their vehicles. In Atlantic City, jitneys, minibuses fueled by compressed natural gas and run by private owner-operators, were used to evacuate people who could not transport themselves, transport clinic patients to medical treatments, and help residents who remained at home to obtain food and water. NASEO explains that having alternative fuel vehicles among the community’s emergency response fleet makes the responders less vulnerable to fuel shortages and disruptions during disasters and enables a coordinated response effort.
丙烷教育与研究委员会（PERC）已与Naseo和其他团体一起加入1on a national task force to promote the addition of alternative fuel vehicles to emergency response fleets. During the past decade, PERC has invested in propane-powered technologies. One result of this effort has been an increase in the types of propane vehicles used in emergency response fleets. The iREV task force will engage in a two-year program in which they will do the following:
- 开发案例研究和IREV跟踪工具，以帮助应急计划人员访问所需的数据，并了解在紧急情况下部署天然气，丙烷，生物燃料，电动汽车和其他新兴技术的潜在收益和成本；
- 2016年春季举行区域研讨会，分享关键发现并演示IREV跟踪工具；和
- Work directly with states and localities to develop customized policy and planning toolkits that incorporate the use of AFVs in emergency situations.
PERC reports that some law enforcement fleets around the country have successfully incorporated vehicles using propane autogas into their emergency vehicle fleet. School system buses and some fire department vehicles are also powered by propane fuel. Among the advantages of using propane autogas over diesel fuel cited by PERC are the following:
- An estimated 80-percent reduction in hydrocarbon emissions compared with diesel-fueled vehicles. (The World Health Organization and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have identified diesel engine exhaust as a carcinogen.)
- 降低安装，维护和运营的成本（主要是因为EPA将其归类为空气，土地和水资源的非抗抑制剂）。
有关其他信息，请联系
格雷格·沃克（Gregg Walker）
Propane Education & Research Council
202-452-8975
或者
Casey Mills
斯旺森·罗素
402-437-6498
Endnotes
1. Partners include the following: Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition; Center for Sustainable Energy; Concurrent Technologies Corporation; Edison Electric Institute; Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Energy; International Association of Emergency Managers; National Governors Association Center for Best Practices; Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy; Propane Education and Research Council; American Public Gas Association; Clean Communities of Central New York; Eastern Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Transportation; Empire Clean Cities; Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition; Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources; National Biodiesel Board;
天然气汽车协会；新泽西州清洁城市联盟；田纳西州环境与保护部，能源计划办公室；和佛蒙特州能源投资公司。
2. Additional information on propane–fueled vehicles is at
<http://www.propane.com/on-rad-fleets/case-studies-and-fact-sheets/>
<http://www.propane.com/on-road-fleets/products-that-use-propane/>
http://www.propane.com/on-rad-fleets/safety-and-training/
Mary Jane Dittmar是消防工程的高级副编辑和FDIC会议经理。188金宝搏是正规吗在1991年1月加入该杂志之前，她曾担任健康/营养市场贸易杂志的编辑，并在教育和医学广告领域担任过各种职位。她拥有英语/新闻学的学士学位和传播硕士学位。
