In this episode of the FSJA Leaders in Fire & Safety Podcast, host Duncan J. White is joined by Jason Styron, Product Manager at Viper Imaging, and Paul Czerepuszko, President of Optris IR Sensing, to discuss how continuous thermal monitoring is changing the way industrial facilities approach early fire detection, moving from reactive response to proactive prevention.

In this episode, Duncan J. White speaks with Ralph Suppa, CEO and founder of Cervitas Solutions, about the rapidly evolving risks posed by lithium-ion battery fires. In the conversation, they discuss what makes lithium-ion battery fires different from ‘traditional’ fires and why firefighters and other first responders are underestimating the risks they pose. They also talk about the wider health implications of being in close proximity of a lithium-ion battery fire, how good decontamination programmes are necessary when firefighters change out of their turnout gear and how dispatch communications could help prepare firefighters before they arrive at the scene.

J.R Nerat, Senior Technical Director at Rely Innovations, and Daniel Stewart, Director of Operations at Rely Innovations, tell Duncan J. White about the launch of the company's new Rely FX range of industrial portable fire extinguishers and the story behind its development.

The conversation explores how the concept originated, how military and industrial requirements shaped the product's development, the significance of Rely's SFFF foam technology and what the launch means for end users, distributors and the future of environmentally responsible fire protection.