The main point is that a lithium battery fire is a chemical fire supplying its own oxygen so it can’t be smothered. One must remove the heat and bring the temperature of the the battery below the thermal run away point. I watched videos of firemen trying to douse a lithium battery fire and it keeps flaring up because the turn off the hose when the fire goes out before they have sufficiently cooled the battery
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 15, 2019, at 9:46 PM, Gail Lucas via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I thought of this too when Ron, a volunteer firefighter on our list, found > the information could be useful to him in his work. > > Also, it would be good for anyone driving vehicles with lithium batteries to > know to look for a hose instead of grabbing their fire extinguisher. > > Gail > >> On 2/15/2019 5:40 PM, brucedp5 via EV wrote: >> Besides useful to EVangels, my EVfire & li-ion fire posts might be useful to >> firefighters & 1st responders. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
