{"id":530653,"date":"2022-10-19T10:19:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T04:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=530653"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T06:33:53","slug":"policy-drafted-for-fire-safety-norms-at-ev-charging-stations-parking-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/policy-drafted-for-fire-safety-norms-at-ev-charging-stations-parking-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy drafted for fire safety norms at EV charging stations, parking areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mumbai Fire Brigade is drafting a new policy for fire safety purposes at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and guidelines for parking e-vehicles across the city, that is likely to be finalised within the next few days, said a senior fire official on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The new policy and guidelines will apply to EV charging stations in all residential and commercial buildings, public parking lots, hospitals, hotels, malls, and petrol pumps in Mumbai. The move came amidst a rapid increase in the use of EVs in the city, especially after the Maharashtra government\u2019s 2021 e-vehicle policy.<\/p>\n<p>Hemant Parab, Chief Fire Officer of Mumbai Fire Brigade, said, \u201cOur primary aim is to prevent electric fire incidents, which is not always in control. The next objective is to ensure safety of life and property.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mumbai Fire Brigade is drafting a new policy for fire safety purposes at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and guidelines for parking e-vehicles across the city, that is likely to be finalised within the next few days, said a senior fire official on Monday. The new policy and guidelines will apply to EV charging stations in all residential and commercial buildings, public parking lots, hospitals, hotels, malls, and petrol pumps in Mumbai. The move came amidst a rapid increase in the use of EVs in the city, especially after the Maharashtra government\u2019s 2021 e-vehicle policy. Hemant Parab, Chief Fire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}