Lithium-ion batteries

One year on from the ban on the sale of single use vapes, fire chiefs and charity campaigners are warning that retailers are failing to provide enough recycling points leading to millions of vapes being thrown away and fuelling waste fires.

London Fire Brigade has teamed up with Uber Eats to launch a new educational partnership designed to prioritise battery safety and fire prevention for delivery couriers.

Taking over London’s iconic digital screens at Piccadilly Circus, London Fire Brigade beamed its latest video warning of the dangers of buying unsafe e-bikes and e-scooters ahead of Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year.

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) has launched a campaign, ‘Fast. Fierce. Fatal.’, to raise awareness of the risks associated with fires caused by lithium-ion batteries. The campaign comes as Black Friday and the Christmas period approach, highlighting the potential hazards of devices including e-bikes, e-scooters, phones, laptops, vapes and drones.

Fire chiefs have issued a stark warning over the growing dangers posed by lithium-ion batteries, as their widespread use in household appliances, e-bikes, e-scooters and other personal light electric vehicles (PLEVs) outpaces current safety standards.

Lithium-ion battery fires are rising fast, with a 46% increase in the UK in 2023. Jay Singhera of FireAngel explains how smarter technology and greater awareness can help fire services, housing providers, and installers stay ahead of this growing risk.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is calling for urgent investment in fire services as lithium battery fires and climate-related incidents surge, warning that cuts and slow response times are putting lives at risk.

Avon Fire and Rescue Service has teamed up with online food delivery company, Deliveroo, to educate riders on safe battery charging practices.

A new campaign has been launched by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) and Recycle Your Electricals to raise awareness…

Having spent decades in academia, specialising in electrochemistry, Professor Paul Christensen is the ideal person to look at how lithium-ion battery fires and why there is so much more work to be done in this area to understand the risk to firefighters tackling these types of fires.