DIREKTION WEBINAR: 🚒🔋 Emergency Response for Battery Fires: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions

This is the remains of a lorry carrying electric cars which caught fire and blocked the M5 round Cullompton to Exeter. Picture by Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team. (Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team.)

How can we better equip first responders to manage the growing risk of battery fires in electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and industrial settings?

Join us for this interactive DIREKTION webinar, organised with the support of the CMINE DRS Stakeholder Hub, to explore how responders, researchers, and innovators are tackling the unique challenges of battery fire incidents, from toxic fumes and thermal runaway to extinguishing strategies and operational safety.

The session will bring together:

• Technology providers (Cold Cut Systems presenting their Cobra methodology)

• Researchers and test facilities (INERIS and partners running large-scale fire trials)

• Practitioners (European fire and rescue services)

Why attend?

✔ Understand the specific risks of lithium-ion battery fires

✔ Discover innovative tools and methods for extinguishing and containment

✔ Learn from real-life trials and operational experiences

✔ Exchange perspectives with European experts and peers

📅 Date: October 24, 2025

🕑 Time: 11:00

👉 Register here (no fee): https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8ad35e92-44f3-47d5-baca-3f8918abc67c@f673c940-d627-419f-86a7-cb460eca8be6