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