Media Advisory - Alarming rise in fires linked to lithium-ion batteries: Concerted action by Quebec fire departments as part of Fire Prevention Week

MONTREAL, Oct. 3, 2025 /CNW/ - Chantal Bibeau, Assistant Director of Prevention and Integrated Risk Management for the Montreal Fire Department (SIM), will speak to the media about the risks associated with lithium-ion batteries at the launch of a provincial mobilization campaign as part of Fire Prevention Week on Monday, October 6, 2025.

Fire department representatives from L'Ange-Gardien, Bécancour, Blainville, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes/Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Joliette, Longueuil, MRC d'Autray, MRC de L'Islet, Repentigny, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Sainte-Martine, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Saint-Donat, Sainte-Thérèse, and Terrebonne will also be present. We welcome the active collaboration of our partners: the Association des gestionnaires en sécurité civile et incendie du Québec (AGSICQ), the Association des techniciens en prévention incendie du Québec (ATPIQ), and the Fondation des pompiers du Québec pour les grands brûlés.

Date: Monday, October 6, 2025 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Location: SIM Headquarters: 4040 Avenue du Parc, Montreal

Members of the media are invited to confirm their attendance by writing to [email protected].

SOURCE Ville de Montréal - Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal

Source and information: Guy Lapointe Jr, Chef de la Division des communications - SIM, 514-216-4349, [email protected]