5/7/26 Staten Island 3rd Alarm Box 8132

Having worked for over 20 years in FDNY in busy Tower Ladders the photograph (Above) is one of the few I ever saw a Tower Ladder bucket placed inside a doorway. The only other time I ever heard of it was a story by FDNY Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn about a Tower Ladder being positioned inside an Armory to extinguish fire in the roof and cockloft above the rig. Not generally a good idea to place any rig inside the fire building, but there is an exception to everything in the fire service. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
 
Peopel throw lithium ion batteries away in their recycling and soetimes it ignites in the recycling plants. A big problem for those plants.
 
Anytime a Lithium battery is crushed. burned, over or rapid charged, bitten by a dog, or even dropped from any height the danger of a "Run A Way" reaction exists. A Dr. Wu of the University of the Western Pacific determined that "Dendrites" can form with in Lithium batteries, causing them to shelf short out, if the Lithium batteries are over charged, too rapidly recharged or even chronically under charged. The Underwriters Lab. = U.L. has just finished testing on the dangers of Lithium batteries and formal presentation on the results of their testing should be published soon. There is an unverified report on the Internet that "Dry Bags of Cement" have been used to control a fire in a Lithium battery storage area.
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.
 
^^^ The above mention of "CHRONICALLY UNDERCHARGED" seems like it also would apply to a LION Battery "laying around " like between uses or awaiting disposal etc....any device no matter how small should be on a non combustible surface when charging as well as during a " laying around " period regardless of the reason why it is there.
 
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