Charging safety
This is a post I never thought I would write but I think it’s
important to highlight this as we come up to Christmas, we have a lot of fires
that can be prevented, from things like Christmas lights, cooking and other one
that slips attention that caught my attention as I found myself watching Grand
tour Clips and it Richard Hammonds second crash, in the Rimac, an electric vocal,
they are quite sensitive around showing the footage, as the cameraman runs to
help,
https://youtu.be/gj3KqgPNeiY?si=YBO3bPQg4rF_HQNq
But as we can see Amazon, Ben Collins and Andy Willman made
changes to safety, but when you see James May talking about how long it took to
put out, we are now realising the dangers of lithium-ion batteries The explosions and they can’t be put out with
water, I then asked the question well
what about mobility aid’s and communication devices and according to QFS web
site yes they have the same batterie. They do have a PDF safety sheet but the general
advice is to not charge when not home, if it catches fire if safe to do so, unplug
it and call them on the emergency line, so I think it’s important for support
workers/caregivers to know this, it’s an ongoing discussion around mobility vs
safety and let's be real being mobile is being safe as well, so let's keep safe
together. As well as the general safety
tips for people with a disability having a fire blanket, using a stove top or microwave
if you have memory issues, or to not cook alone, or to use a pre-packaged
delivery service.
It also brings back home the point that anyone at any time could
become disabled, as we forget that was the second major crash Richard Hammond survived
and he does have a TBI and he has talked about it openly on drive tribe and Richard
Hammonds workshop. But when he talks about it he sees that it didn’t just
impact him it impacted the entire family and his colleagues as well, so lets take
a moment to remember that fact.
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