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Session
LITHIUM ION BATTERY INCIDENTS- CASE STUDIES AND LESSONS LEARNED    TU-I1
Tuesday     8am to 12pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating286 of 292 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersLeon Wirschem, Robert Rezende
ObjectiveSD DEHQ, SDFD and EPA will talk about lithium ion battery fires, first responder tactics, air monitoring, waste management, and agencies that can help
DescriptionSince 2022 the San Diego Hazardous Incident Response Team has been training firefighters and responding to Lithium Ion Battery Incidents. In 2023 we spent three days studying thermal decomposition of various types and chemistries of lithium ion batteries with EPA and our arson investigators. We put field based instrumentation to the test and did concurrent sample collection for lab analysis. See what we learned about LIB thermal decomposition
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