Application area

Public Institutions

Clinics, authorities, schools and other public institutions have particularly high fire protection requirements due to public traffic and vulnerable people.

Starting point

The starting situation in this area

RUK Li-Ion Safety Box – example placement in Public Institutions

Charging trolleys for tablets, mobile measuring devices in laboratories or service vehicle batteries — the number of lithium-ion batteries in public institutions is also steadily rising, often without fire protection growing alongside it.

Digitising public buildings has a consequence that is rarely talked about: there are a great many batteries in the building. A class set of tablets means thirty cells in a charging cart that stands in the media room in the evening.

Then there are mobile measuring devices in laboratories, devices on hospital wards, loan devices in libraries and the service-fleet e-bikes in the courtyard. They are bought over years and across different budgets — a shared safety concept for charging practically never appears.

At the same time, evacuation here is especially demanding: high occupancy, some people who need protection, limited escape-route capacity. And upgrading the structural fire protection is often simply not possible in existing or listed buildings.

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Locations

Where the fire protection box is used in practice

01Charging stations for mobile devices in clinics and care facilities
02Laboratories with battery-powered measuring devices
03Tablet and laptop charging trolleys in schools and educational institutions
04Service fleets (e-bike, e-scooter) in administrative buildings
05Libraries and media centres with loan devices
06Event and multi-purpose rooms with a temporary need to charge

How it works

How it works in practice

01
Place it where it is needed
The box is put where devices are actually charged — in the media room, an office corridor or a ward room — with no building work.
02
Collect devices in one place
Tablets, laptops, fleet or lab batteries are charged in one fixed, controlled place instead of in open charging trolleys or cabinets.
03
Control access
A key switch decides who may open the box and put devices in — important where the users keep changing.
04
Monitor and react automatically
Temperature sensors detect critical states early and start countermeasures — that lowers the chance an incident escalates to an evacuation.

Benefits

What the deployment achieves in practice

Accounts for increased protection needs

Specifically reduces risks where public traffic and vulnerable people come together.

Lower evacuation risk

Early containment reduces the likelihood of larger evacuations in sensitive areas.

Fits enhanced fire protection requirements

Adds a targeted module for batteries to existing fire protection concepts of public buildings.

Retrofittable without structural intervention

Can also be integrated into existing or listed buildings without structural changes.

In detail

Typical situation, risk and solution

Typical situation	Risk without protection	With the RUK Li-Ion Safety Box
Charging trolleys for tablets/laptops in schools or clinics	High number of batteries in a confined space, often near public traffic	Controlled charging with monitoring instead of open charging trolleys
Buildings with high occupant density (clinics, offices)	An evacuation in the event of fire is particularly critical and complex	Early containment significantly reduces the risk of escalation
Sensitive areas without continuous supervision	Incidents are noticed late	Automatic response — regardless of whether staff are on site
Listed or structurally sensitive buildings	Retrofitting structural fire protection is often difficult or undesirable	Standalone system that can be retrofitted without structural changes
Schools and universities with class sets of tablets and laptops	Many batteries charging at once in classrooms or media rooms	One closed group charging place instead of an open charging cart in the classroom
Administration buildings with their own service fleet (e-bike, e-scooter)	Charging places for service fleets are rarely part of the building-wide fire concept	A separate, clearly marked charging area for service-fleet batteries