Electromobility is intrinsically linked to the storage of electric power, which increasingly is being delivered by renewable energy sources. Many new aspects and challenges have arisen, with the changing fire risk being of particular interest and requiring new solutions. The Eusas (European Society for Automatic Alarm Systems) conference on 10 and 11 May entitled “Addressing the Fire Risks of Electromobility” will provide an up-to-date overview of the hazards from different perspectives, and also provide a look at technologies, politics and law. Three conference sessions will be hosted on the first day by the ZVEI in Niederrad, near Frankfurt am Main, with presentations from Dutch and UK fire safety bodies, manufacturers and component suppliers of electric vehicles, as well as research institutes looking at the causes and propagation of battery fires. Further research presentations will start the second day, which will be rounded off with a look at detection and suppression strategies. Registration is via the ‘Events’ page of the EUSAS website.

www.eusas.org  

See program below: