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Danger in Your Pocket: Why the Rise of Lithium-Ion Batteries is Fueling House Fires!

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Ridgewood Firefighters Sound the Alarm: Everything from Your Smartphone to Your E-Bike is a Potential Fire Risk During #FireSafetyWeek

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Ridgewood, NJ – Every year, Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 dedicates a week to promoting critical public safety messages. This year, the focus during #FireSafetyWeek couldn’t be more relevant to modern life: Lithium-Ion Battery Safety and Awareness.

While these powerful, compact batteries enable our digital world, their increasing prevalence—and particularly the proliferation of lower-quality, unregulated charging products—is leading to a significant spike in dangerous fires across the nation.

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East Rutherford Fire Department Responds to High-Rise Fire Alarm at Meadowlands Plaza

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photo courtesy of East Rutherford Fire Department

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East Rutherford NJ, on Sunday, the East Rutherford Fire Department (ERFD) responded to a fire alarm activation at 1 Meadowlands Plaza, a multi-story high-rise office building.

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Lithium-Ion Battery Fire in Teterboro: Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department Responds

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photos courtesy of the Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department

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Teterboro NJ, in the early hours of the morning, on December 16th around 3:00 AM, the Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department was dispatched to Industrial Avenue in Teterboro to respond to a fire alarm indicating a potential battery fire inside a building.

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