Lithium-ion Fires: hidden risks and what responders need

In this episode, Duncan J. White speaks with Ralph Suppa, CEO and founder of Cervitas Solutions, about the rapidly evolving risks posed by lithium-ion battery fires. In the conversation, they discuss what makes lithium-ion battery fires different from ‘traditional’ fires and why firefighters and other first responders are underestimating the risks they pose. They also talk about the wider health implications of being in close proximity of a lithium-ion battery fire, how good decontamination programmes are necessary when firefighters change out of their turnout gear and how dispatch communications could help prepare firefighters before they arrive at the scene.