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This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum and John Vance.
On this B Shifter our guest Adam Barowy, Research Engineer from UL's Fire Safety Research Institute will talk about fires involving lithium ion batteries.
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Below is the link for public education. It is updated as FDNY develops new and better information that can be translated to safety recommendations, and UL is supporting them with their research.
https://www.fdnysmart.org/be-fdnysmart-when-using-any-devices-powered-by-lithium-ion-batteries/
Here is a link to the Australian group who is keeping tabs on EV fire incidents. Amazingly, their count is at only about 130. As Adam mentioned, that is likely underreported, but gives some impression that EVs are at least not bursting into flames everywhere with what is on the road today.
https://www.evfiresafe.com/
Last but not least, here is the training course FSRI just released on li-ion battery fire and explosion hazards and a link to the tests we ran on e-bike thermal runaways.
https://fsri.org/research-update/online-training-available-science-fire-and-explosion-hazards-lithium-ion-batteries
https://fsri.org/research/examining-fire-safety-hazards-lithium-ion-battery-powered-e-mobility-devices-homes
This episode was recorded on January 25, 2023 in Phoenix, AZ
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Send us a text
This episode is co-hosted by Josh Blum and John Vance.
On this B Shifter our guest Adam Barowy, Research Engineer from UL's Fire Safety Research Institute will talk about fires involving lithium ion batteries.
Sign up for the B Shifter Buckslip, our free weekly newsletter here.
Shop B Shifter here.
The Hazard Zone Conference is back. Register before April 1 and save $100! Register here!
Please subscribe and share. Thank you for listening!
Below is the link for public education. It is updated as FDNY develops new and better information that can be translated to safety recommendations, and UL is supporting them with their research.
https://www.fdnysmart.org/be-fdnysmart-when-using-any-devices-powered-by-lithium-ion-batteries/
Here is a link to the Australian group who is keeping tabs on EV fire incidents. Amazingly, their count is at only about 130. As Adam mentioned, that is likely underreported, but gives some impression that EVs are at least not bursting into flames everywhere with what is on the road today.
https://www.evfiresafe.com/
Last but not least, here is the training course FSRI just released on li-ion battery fire and explosion hazards and a link to the tests we ran on e-bike thermal runaways.
https://fsri.org/research-update/online-training-available-science-fire-and-explosion-hazards-lithium-ion-batteries
https://fsri.org/research/examining-fire-safety-hazards-lithium-ion-battery-powered-e-mobility-devices-homes
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