I learn this morning that the NSW Fireplace and Rescue have at this time reported that there have been 45 fires straight associated to lithium batteries because the starting of the 2024 yr.

 Sadly additionally two folks have misplaced their lives within the fires and probably a 3rd but to be confirmed.

The truth is that Lithium batteries are in lots of gadgets at this time and we have to personally handle the chance.

It seems to me that almost all of the fires happen in cheaper home equipment the place the battery administration system just isn’t 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 night time.

The opposite massive challenge is having ample smoke detectors in your house. I wrote about this solely lately. 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. Whereas this improves the chance administration for the membership it solely strikes the issue to folks’s houses which causes me grave concern particularly whenever you hear of the variety of fires (not essentially all associated to golf buggy batteries) which were reported in NSW alone.

Earlier this yr, I went to the LMI School and LMI RiskCoach groups and requested if they might 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 School Persevering with Skilled Growth Portal. Nicely executed to all these concerned.