Lithium Batteries a danger administration concern.
I learn this morning that the NSW Fire and Rescue have in the present day reported that there have been 45 fires immediately associated to lithium batteries because the starting of the 2024 12 months.
Sadly additionally two folks have misplaced their lives within the fires and presumably a 3rd but to be confirmed.
The actuality is that Lithium batteries are in lots of objects in the present day and we have to personally handle the danger.
It seems to me that almost all of the fires happen in cheaper home equipment the place the battery administration system shouldn’t be what it must be. I don’t depart any batteries on cost in a single day and have issues like energy device battery chargers on time clocks in order that they flip off at evening.
The different huge concern is having adequate smoke detectors in your house. I wrote about this solely not too long ago. I connect a hyperlink right here to the article by which I clarify the system I settled on after lots of analysis.
I do know that lots of golf golf equipment have issued directives that golf buggies can now not be charged on the course. While this improves the danger administration for the membership it solely strikes the issue to folks’s properties which causes me grave concern particularly whenever you hear of the variety of fires (not essentially all associated to golf buggy batteries) which have been reported in NSW alone.
Earlier this 12 months, I went to the LMI College and LMI RiskCoach groups and requested if they may put collectively a brief course on the dangers related to the batteries. They had been one step a head of me they usually suggested that they had researched the subject and had a course already uploaded on the LMI College Continuing Professional Development Portal. Well executed to all these concerned.