Lithium Battery Safety – Fire Chief

8 steps to managing and containing your Lithium Battery fire risk

Lithium-ion batteries are now central to modern life, powering everything from portable electronics and electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. While they offer benefits like high energy density and fast charging, their safety and sustainability depend heavily on how they're manufactured, used, and disposed of.

As the use of Lithium-ion batteries grows, so too does the risk. These fires behave differently from other types of fire, often burning hotter and longer, and releasing toxic gases. That's why fire safety education is essential, helping assess the risk in an organisation, put preventative measures in place, and respond effectively should an incident occur.

This CPD-accredited course explores why Lithium-ion battery fires occur, takes a deeper dive into the fire risks associated with Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, and introduces an 8-step action plan to help mitigate and manage those risks effectively.

This session also shows how to implement a tailored Battery Safe Action Plan to help mitigate and manage your specific fire risks.

As a result of this course delegates will:

• Gain an understanding of why Lithium-ion battery fires happen.
• Learn about the size of the risk which Lithium-ion battery fires pose.
• Learn about the scale and severity of Lithium-ion battery fire risks.
• See real-world examples of Lithium-ion battery fires.
• Understand how to manage devices containing Lithium-ion batteries to help mitigate their particular fire risks.
• Come away with an 8 Step Lithium-ion Battery Safety Plan 

£20 plus VAT

This course is suitable for employees and managers whose organisation:

• Stores new Lithium-ion battery powered devices or batteries
• Stores or recycles used or damaged LiB-powered devices or batteries
• Sells or repairs Lithium-ion battery-powered products
• Uses battery energy storage systems
• Has employees bringing or charging e-bikes or e-scooters on site
• Has electric vehicles parked or charged on site
• Uses laptops, mobile phones, power tools or forklift trucks.
• Allows employees to charge personal LiB-powered devices on site

This course is also relevant for Health & Safety professionals, Facilities and Operations Managers, and anyone responsible for fire safety, across sectors including OEM, manufacturing, warehousing, transport, construction, retail and the public sector.

About The Firechief® Academy

Firechief® is committed to sharing practical, understandable advice based on established best practice, which is why we set up the Firechief Academy.  All the Academy training material has been CPD certified to ensure that it has true learning value and is delivered by fire industry professionals with many years of experience and expertise.

We deliver our training through webinars, on demand videos and face to face presentations.  Bespoke training can also be arranged for organisations with larger numbers of people to be trained or who require industry specific information, and we have recently launched the Firechief® Academy Anytime video program which provides CPD accredited training material on demand.