{"id":238227,"date":"2026-07-08T10:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238227\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:04:08","slug":"pennsylvania-bill-would-require-data-center-information-for-first-responders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238227\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania bill would require data center information for first responders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-07-065749-e1783432779709-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1195775\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legislation that would ensure first responders have the tools they need to respond to potential emergencies at large-scale data centers in their communities was reported out of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, according to the bill\u2019s sponsor, state Rep. Christina Sappey, D-158th Dist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Bill 2535 requires that floor plans and infrastructure inventories be provided annually to local fire officials as a condition of occupancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWithout this vital information, our responders would not know what they were walking into, and every minute counts, not only for them, but for the entire surrounding community,\u201d Sappey said in a press release announcing the bill\u2019s advancement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis gives responders critical safety information before and during a crisis, and it helps them prepare for potential hazards like battery storage, cooling agents and fuel storage locations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Government Technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legislation that would ensure first responders have the tools they need to respond to potential emergencies at large-scale&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8338,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-238227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-mid-atlantic-region","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}