Post Fire

Introduction

Introduction

Starting with the introductory video, we will set the context for the following five videos that will address the topics of fire team protection, manual firefighting for electric cars, first response, post-fire stage, and manual firefighting for gas vehicles.

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Post Fire

One of the special characteristics of a lithium-ion battery is the risk of reignition after the fire has apparently been extinguished. There is a risk of reignition until all the energy in the battery has been depleted. 

Re-ignition could occur after a long time, several hours or even days.

It is therefore important to monitor and cool an extinguished electric car fire until it is safely returned to port. This should be done even if there is no evidence of a fire in the battery.

Let's learn more about this. 

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