Charging Lithium Batteries: The Basics

This year’s Fire Prevention Week™ (FPW™) campaign, October 5–11 — “Charge into Fire Safety™: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home” educates everyone about using lithium-ion batteries safely. Lithium-ion battery safety questions are growing: How should they be stored? Charged? Recycled? Meredith Herman, Community Risk Reduction Major with the Oklahoma City Fire Department, shares how these concerns are impacting her community and how her team is integrating this year's theme into presentations at h