NFRS 2023 139 - Lithium-ion battery fires

You asked for

I was hoping there may be some accessible data regarding the fire scenes you have attended in relation to lithium-ion battery fires.

For example, how many fires have been attended regarding Li-ion batteries and such.

Our Response

Answer: - Total number of lithium-Ion battery fires that have been recorded in 2023 is 22.

Please be advised that that there is no method of recording lithium batteries on our incident management system other than in the free text entries and comments, hence there may be incidents that cannot be identified.