\n The move comes as lithium batteries, now found in a wide range of everyday products, continue to pose an increasing fire risk when incorrectly disposed of.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new fire suppression and prevention system will require the installation of external plant and machinery at the Biffa recycling centre in Tower Lane.\n<\/p>\n
\n The state-of-the-art equipment is designed for situations where traditional sprinkler and spray systems do not offer sufficient protection.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fully automated, the system does not rely on human intervention to detect a fire.\n<\/p>\n
\n Additionally, the system uses infrared heat detection cameras that monitor stockpiles and identifies heat spots before they become visible.\n<\/p>\n
\n If early signs of a fire are detected, the system automatically deploys water cannons, allowing action to be taken before flames take hold.\n<\/p>\n
\n Between April 2024 and March 2025, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service recorded 156 such incidents, an increase of 64 on the previous year, and 80 more than the year before that.\n<\/p>\n
\n Over the past three years, Portsmouth has experienced 39 battery-related fires, with Cosham particularly affected, recording 11 incidents in 2025 alone.\n<\/p>\n
\n Since 2022, Southampton has seen 24 similar fires, while the Isle of Wight has recorded 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The move comes as lithium batteries, now found in a wide range of everyday products, continue to pose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-282449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}