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October Educational Meeting

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Fire Prevention Association of Massachusetts

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Oct 13th, 2026 at 1000 hours

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Auburn Lodge of Elks #2118

754 Southbridge St, 

Auburn, MA 01501

 

  Deadline for Reservations is 

 

Thursday Oct 8th at 5:00 PM​​

*Please note that if you are attempting to register for the upcoming meeting and you are asked for a password, it is because you are trying to register outside of the open registration window.  ​

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Registration opens 2 weeks before meeting and closes 5 days prior. 

 

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This month's speaker(s)

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Morning Session​

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Alarm Transmission and Honeywell Connected Life Safety Services (CLSS)

Discussion on the history and evolution of alarm transmission technologies. Attendees will learn about modern transmission technologies that provide better outcomes in emergency events, and how the use of the ancillary features can benefit the public as well as emergency first responders.

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Afternoon

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Large Scale ESS

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Powertown is building out a network of 250 kW batteries on commercial and industrial sites across Massachusetts. We are collaborating with local inspectors, fire marshals, and Mayors to offer an alternative to natural gas peaker plants and grid-scale batteries that sprawl over farmland. Our presentation will focus on the safety features of our American-made battery, the Powerblock, and how we approach safe installations that deliver affordable energy at the speed local businesses desire.​

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Elio Torres is the Chief Operating Officer of Powertown, an energy company focused on building energy infrastructure collaboratively with places. He studied Land and Energy Policy at Harvard College, working with the White House on energy abundance solutions in rural America. Prior to Powertown, he learned under a number of early stage startups, including Etched, a rising challenger in the AI chip industry. Elio is from Brooklyn NY, where he built a lifelong appreciation for community, the built environment, and as the son of an architect, code compliance.

 

Cole Cochrane is the Policy Director of Powertown, where one of his focuses is on building policy and community relations infrastructure that works collaboratively with local leaders, businesses, and residents. He has worked in energy policy at both the federal, state and local levels over the past 6 years, introducing legislation to expand clean energy production, hold utilities accountable to safe and affordable practices, design market paramaters for clean energy industries, and institute a safety regulatory framework for emerging technologies. He studied economics and energy policy at Harvard, where he led the Harvard Clean Energy Group. Cole was born and raised in Saco, Maine, with family based in Mansfield and Foxborough.

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