Lithium-ion

Hazard Protection

ELIMINATING
THERMAL RUNAWAY
PROPAGATION
 Lithium-ion batteries used
to power electric bicycles and
scooters have already sparked
22 fires that caused 36 injuries
and two deaths in New York
City this year (2023).
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NEN

NTA 8133
LITHIUM-ION BATTERY
This Dutch standard is the
FIREFIGHTING first publication that deals with
lithium-ion batteries. Agents

CHALLENGES must extinguish a minimum

of 600 Wh. Only extinguishers
meeting these requirements,
The global lithium-ion battery
such as F-500 EA, may use the
market is projected to grow from 41.1
NTA 8133 marking.
billion USD in 2021 to 116.6 billion USD by
2030. Lithium-ion batteries continue to be
utilized heavily in countless industries.
The rise of lithium-ion battery usage for
personal electronics and transportation
continues to challenge responding fire
departments. Fires can occur while driving,
charging, as a result of a collision or even
simply sitting in a hot garage. Electric bike
and scooter fires continue to plague metro
areas. Is your department prepared to safely
and effectively extinguish these fires?

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NFPA 18A ANX 4.3
ENCAPSULATOR LITHIUM-ION
AGENTS (EA) BATTERIES
SECTION 7.7
This section covers the test
procedure to evaluate the ability of Encapsulator Agents
a water additive solution to form and conforming to Section 7.7
maintain stable spherical micelles capable have been tested extensively
of encapsulating combustible and by independent third-parties.
flammable liquids (polar and non-polar), This testing has been controlled,
rendering the flammable liquids non scientific and instrumented,
-flammable, non-ignitable and non-explosive documenting fire suppression,
and maintaining that encapsulation in the control and the elimination of
presence of high heat over an extended thermal runaway as well as the
period of time. encapsulation of flammable
electrolyte and other explosive
SPHERICAL MICELLE STABILITY off-gases, reducing the toxicity.

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 BRANDSCHUTZ
According to the head of
operations, the use of F-500 EA
resulted in rapid cooling and
thus prevented the spread of
fire, even though the agent only
reached the outside of the intact
battery housing (and thus not
the battery cells themselves).

EXPLORING Stay prepared for

any roadside incident
IGNITION with Encapsulator
Technology.

TEMPERATURE
Thermal runaway
can be triggered by both
hot and cold extremes.

OVERCHARGING
Overcharging can
lead to overheating,
sparking ignition.

DAMAGE
A collision or drop
can cause trauma severe
enough to start a fire.

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 FIRE SETTING
REPORT

“The use of Encapsulator

Agents significantly reduces
the amount of water required
to extinguish a fire.”

“Its use from day one could

have minimized the amount
of water used, production of
smoke and number of hours
worked by Firefighters, but
EXPLORING
above all its use could have

TOXICITY prevented the inhalation of

Carcinogenic Fumes by
our personnel.”
HF GAS
“The committee is confident
A flammable poisonous
that the encapsulating agent
gas released by burning
reduces firefighter’s exposure
lithium-ion batteries.
to carcinogenic contaminants.
Furthermore, it’s also effective
ELECTROLYTE
for Class B, Class C and Class D
A flammable corrosive fires while water should not be
medium aiding in the used on these fires. For these
movement of ions. reasons, we are moving forward
with the use of an Encapsulator
CARBON MONOXIDE Agent to prevent cancer in
One of more than 100 Laval Firefighters.”
toxic off-gases emitted as
lithium-ion batteries burn.
LAVAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

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MULTI-LEVEL

PROTECTION

THERMAL RUNAWAY
Encapsulator Agents that
conform to Section 7.7 provide
rapid heat reduction, successfully
halting the process of thermal
runaway propagation.

REIGNITION
The chance of reignition can
be high due to ineffective cell
cooling. Rapid heat reduction and
encapsulation can simultaneously
prevent reignition.

TOXICITY
Encapsulation of both flammable
electrolyte and other explosive off
-gases renders them nonexplosive
and reduces the toxicity of HF gas
exposure to humans.

CLASS A MATERIALS 0.5%

0.5%–– 11%
%

CLASS B FUELS [(POLAR

P O L AR ++ N
NON-POLAR)
ON - P O L AR ] 3%
3%

ENERGIZED ENVIRONMENTS 3%
3%

CLASS D METALS 3%
3%

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES 3%
3%

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 EUROPEAN
WATER MIST
HOSE + NOZZLE

Decades of third-party testing

conducted in Europe confirms
the effectiveness of utilizing our
signature hose and nozzle for
lithium-ion battery fires.

ENGINEERED

MOBILE
EQUIPMENT
We offer a full line of engineered
Encapsulator Agent powered equipment
and delivery systems for convenient and
effective hazard mitigation big and small.

FIRE EXTINGUISHER 2 .5 G

QAMU 25 L , 50 L , 75 L , 1 00 L

TKO NOZZLE 75 L PM

DIAMOND DOSER CU STOM

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