Lithium Battery Fires
Lithium-ion battery fires are not normal fires, and most sites are not protected from them.
Why Standard Fire Extinguishers Fail on Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
Most facilities believe they’re protected because they have fire extinguishers on site.
That assumption is wrong when lithium-ion batteries are involved.
• Lithium-ion battery fires behave differently to conventional fires
• Water, foam and powder cool surfaces , they do not stop the reaction
• Re-ignition can occur minutes or hours later due to thermal runaway
Image From Golf Digest Australia
This is not a theory. It’s a documented failure point in real incidents.
- Lithium-ion battery fires behave differently to conventional fires
- Water, foam and powder cool surfaces, they do not stop the reaction
- Re-ignition can occur minutes or hours later due to thermal runaway
Image From Golf Digest Australia
The Real Problem Isn’t Fire... It’s Thermal Runaway
Lithium-ion batteries fail through a self-feeding chemical reaction.
- Heat triggers a chain reaction inside the battery
- The reaction generates its own heat and flammable gases
- Cooling the outside does not stop what’s happening internally
Until thermal runaway is interrupted, the fire is not truly controlled.
ENCAPS 4 & 9 Litre F-500 EA Fire Extinguishers
Two Ways Lithium Battery Fires Are Actually Stopped
1. Interrupt the reaction automatically (before humans are involved)
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2. Collapse thermal runaway if manual response is required
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AVAILABLE IN: 4 & 9 Litre F-500 EA Fire Extinguishers
90 Litre F-500 EA Quick Attack Mobile Units (QAMU)
F-500 EA Concentrate – 20 Litre Container