Lithium Batteries a threat administration problem.
I learn this morning that the NSW Fireplace and Rescue have at this time 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 fact is that Lithium batteries are in lots of objects at this time 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 isn’t what it must be. I don’t go away any batteries on cost in a single day and have issues like energy software battery chargers on time clocks in order that they flip off at night time.
The opposite massive problem is having ample smoke detectors in your house. I wrote about this solely not too long ago. I connect a hyperlink right here to the article through which I clarify the system I settled on after numerous analysis.
I do know that numerous golf golf equipment have issued directives that golf buggies can not be charged on the course. Whereas this improves the danger administration for the membership it solely strikes the issue to folks’s properties which causes me grave concern particularly while 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 Faculty and LMI RiskCoach groups and requested if they may put collectively a brief course on the dangers related to the batteries. They have 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 Faculty Persevering with Skilled Improvement Portal. Effectively executed to all these concerned.