29/10/2026
Lithium-ion batteries are becoming part of everyday business.
Company vehicles. E-bikes. Power tools. Laptops. Portable equipment. EVs.
But have you considered what happens when one of those batteries starts to fail?
A lithium-ion battery fire doesn't necessarily begin with smoke. Before visible fire appears, a failing cell can release flammable vapour as it enters thermal runaway.
And that creates a problem for conventional Fire Detection.
UK fire brigades attended around 1,760 lithium-ion battery fires in 2025, according to QBE research. That's nearly 4.8 incidents every day, with the number of attended fires up 147% since 2022.
So is your existing Fire Detection strategy actually designed to identify this type of risk?
Our latest article looks at what Responsible Persons need to understand, including:
• Why lithium-ion fires behave differently
• Why conventional smoke detection may not provide the earliest warning
• What BS 5839-1:2025 means for detector selection
• Where off-gas, multi-sensor and aspirating detection can fit
• Why an extinguisher isn't a complete solution
• What you should be reviewing now
The technology is changing. Is your Fire Detection strategy keeping up?
Read the full article: https://armoury.biz/blog/23-and-rising-why-lithium-ion-battery-fire-is-now-a-workplace-problem/
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