Sorry, that's just dumb. A lithium fire is hard to "put out", it's objectively safer than pretty much everything else that burns. It flames and sputters for a few hours, then it's done. Standard procedure for these things is to do nothing but keep it cool and wait. If your fire department can't handle that then I fear deeply for what happens in the next house fire they face.
This is just ludditism. New technology brings out a combination of people afraid of The New and people trying to look smart by pontificating about new New and Scary failure modes.
You really can't fathom why fire departments dislike stuff that can't just be put out, but needs to be kept cool for hours and hours with lot of water?
This is just ludditism. New technology brings out a combination of people afraid of The New and people trying to look smart by pontificating about new New and Scary failure modes.