Single Use vs Multiple Uses

Multiple Uses? We recommend that our EV Fire Suppressor Blankets and Industrial Li-Ion Fire Blankets only be used once.

Other brands may claim “multiple uses,” but then fail to address the decontamination aspect. Once used, a blanket is saturated with toxins and heavy metals. Another issue is coating burn off, which happens with direct flame contact. The blanket is forever changed and cannot claim to be as effective as it was when new. Who is qualified, outside of a lab, to quantify the damage to a blanket, fire after fire, with confidence it will be effective during the next incident?

With those thoughts in mind, we recommend you not spend the extra money on a “multi-use” option. We’ve actually been told that the majority of the multi-use blankets sold by our competitors are discarded after the first use due to the reasons mentioned as well as the difficulty of repacking them—especially when wet.

The following article discusses the dangerous toxins that can be released during a lithium-ion battery fire. Article link.