B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation
General Maintenance Action
Human Factors
The EFB is now part of the cockpit. It is an iPad with a lithium battery. The containment bag (-700) or bags (-800) are in the cabin. Heat/Fire Gloves are in the cockpit but no containment bag. Besides the EFB; the working pilots and cockpit jump-seaters may have devices with lithium batteries also. Lithium battery thermal runaway is a noted concern; that can be managed with a containment bag placed in the cockpit. Include in all cockpits one containment bag as part of the cockpit emergency equipment to pair correctly with the fire resistant gloves.
B-737 crew member reported emergency equipment improperly located to effectively manage a lithium battery thermal runaway.