Abstract Considering the key factors affecting the fire rescue of lithium-ion power battery, such as timely early warning, monitoring, delaying the runaway process and sharing the causes of safety accidents, this paper analyses the thermal runaway mechanism of lithium-ion power battery. In addition, this paper puts forward the intelligent fire safety design of lithium-ion power battery, from the real-time monitoring technology of lithium-ion power battery safety, to bring the fire safety of lithium-ion power battery into the urban intelligent fire protection system.