'We just want to make sure that they understand the risk that comes along with them.'
The FDNY is currently shouldering a heavy burden in the form of lithium-ion batteries. Statistically, these devices are responsible for hundreds of fires and numerous deaths, putting both the public and firefighters’ lives at risk, yet they are also responsible for powering the livelihoods of thousands of delivery workers and others who simply use e-bikes to get around the Big Apple.
One of the residents injured in a three-alarm high-rise fire in East Midtown on Nov. 5, 2022, started by a lithium-ion battery.That risk is a hefty one according to FDNY statistics. In 2021, Flynn revealed that the city saw 104 fires with 79 injuries and 4 deaths. This continued to grow in 2022 with 220 fires believed to be sparked by lithium-ion batteries and 147 injuries and six deaths.
A firefighter works inside a high-rise apartment building in East Midtown that caught fire on Nov. 5, 2022 due to a lithium-ion battery.“A lot of times they’re being charged unattended, which we definitely recommend that you do not do. We want to make sure that if you’re charging them that you are in the area to see if a problem arises,” Flynn said, adding that owners sometimes try and fix the product themselves, which is a real issue.
“It’s only become an issue really over the last couple of years. So, we’re trying our best to track it and do that research, going back and interviewing the owner of the bike, seeing what it was subjected to prior to the fire, tracking what brands are purchased and failing, what they’re used for, where it was stored, whether it was being charged at the time. These are all questions that we’re asking of the consumer.
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