diff --git a/esphome/core/event_pool.h b/esphome/core/event_pool.h
index 39537267ca..6d61e9a80d 100644
--- a/esphome/core/event_pool.h
+++ b/esphome/core/event_pool.h
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ template<class T, uint8_t SIZE> class EventPool {
   ~EventPool() {
     // Clean up any remaining events in the free list
     T *event;
+    RAMAllocator<T> allocator(RAMAllocator<T>::ALLOC_INTERNAL);
     while ((event = this->free_list_.pop()) != nullptr) {
-      delete event;
+      // Call destructor
+      event->~T();
+      // Deallocate using RAMAllocator
+      allocator.deallocate(event, 1);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/lock_free_queue.h b/esphome/core/lock_free_queue.h
index ec26d268a0..ede7496737 100644
--- a/esphome/core/lock_free_queue.h
+++ b/esphome/core/lock_free_queue.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ template<class T, uint8_t SIZE> class LockFreeQueue {
     return next_tail == head_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
   }
 
+  // Set the FreeRTOS task handle to notify when items are pushed to the queue
+  // This enables efficient wake-up of a consumer task that's waiting for data
+  // @param task The FreeRTOS task handle to notify, or nullptr to disable notifications
   void set_task_to_notify(TaskHandle_t task) { task_to_notify_ = task; }
 
  protected: