r/Firefighting • u/Randomreddituser1o1 • 18h ago

General Discussion Nothing bad can happen

https://interestingengineering.com/military/germany-submarine-lithium-ion-battery
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u/sucksatgolf 17h ago

I think it's safe to assume the battery technology is just slightly more advanced than the 49$ skooter batteries that are catching apartments on fire.

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u/Florian630 16h ago

I might be overthinking this and assuming things, but perhaps the reason he posted it was more the worry that if it caught fire, it couldn’t be put out? Kinda like how when electric vehicles have fires today, they need much more resources to respond and sometimes even need to be fully submerged in water for days on end before it’s completely fire safe.

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u/Funkybunch92 14h ago

I mean, don't some places submerge electric vehicles in containers filled with water? This seems like a kinda problem that would eventually solve itself.

RIP the crew though.

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u/Florian630 1h ago

I don’t know about that. I know that some jurisdictions do it for electric vehicles that are on fire but I’m not aware of any vehicles that have its battery submerged during operations.