NFRS 2023 10 - Lithium-ion batteries

You asked for:

1. How many firefighters have died as a result of lithium-ion battery fires between April 2022 - April 2023?
2. How many times have your firefighters come into contact with a vapour cloud?
3. How many fires specifically in recycling centres or scrapyards they you encountered between April 2022 - April 2023 (excluding other waste fires)?

Please provide the information in the form of a word document or pdf.

Our Response:

1. How many firefighters have died as a result of lithium-ion battery fires between April 2022 - April 2023?

   Answer: - No Information Held, upon review of our records no firefighters have been recorded to have died as a result of lithium-ion battery fires in the time period specified.

2. How many times have your firefighters come into contact with a vapour cloud?

   Answer: - No Information Held, upon reviewing our Health and Safety records, no records relate to firefighters coming into contact with a vapour cloud in the time period specified.

3. How many fires specifically in recycling centres or scrapyards they you encountered between April 2022 - April 2023 (excluding other waste fires)?

   Answer: - 15