Electrical Safety Network

I have just finished adding an online Arc Flash Safety Quiz to our Arc Flash web site. This is my first effort at creating an online quiz like this, so I've started with twelve questions to see how it goes. My plan is to add additional questions once I am sure everything is working fine.

1. Immediately report any suspected electrical problems, such as devices that seem to be overly warm, cracked cords, loose plugs, and broken wiring devices. Contact your Division Safety Coordinator, Facilities Electricians, or EHS Electrical Safety Engineer at ext. 4694.2. Electrical problems are not always revealed at the time of the installation. It can take months or years before an improper connection begins to fail. 3. Beware of overloading receptacles, plug strips, and circuits by plugging in too much equipment. A circuit breaker will not trip immediately when overloaded. Wire can overheat well before a breaker trips.

Students plugging appliances into old electrical wiring makes eight dormitories and scholarship halls at Kansas University potential fire hazards.

As our reliance on electricity grows, the potential for misuse of home appliances, computers and entertainment equipment means the need for electrical safety awareness for the family is far more important. The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) urges consumers to become more knowledgeable about electrical safety by offering free tips on what you can do to protect your family from electrical dangers.

Rogers fears that if the proposed $2.2 million tax increase fails to get voter support on Sept. 8, significant delays in response time caused by staffing shortages will put the welfare of students at risk during medical emergencies and fires.

The SA Bureau of Standards has taken legal steps against a company for distributing unsafe electrical adapters.

Bangalore: Among the several banes caused by violation of civic bylaws, perhaps the most pernicious one pertains to that of electrical safety norms, especially in some of the crowded residential areas of Bangalore.

The United Kingdom Fire and Rescue Services attended 876,300 fire and false alarm incidents in the 12 months to 30 September 2006 - a slight increase on the previous 12 months. There were 482 fire deaths in this period - down 1% on the previous 12 months. Dwelling fire deaths fell by 9% to 342, the lowest total since records began. However, all fire death figures for 2006 should be treated with caution as they are still provisional and subject to change. Primary fires fell by 5% to 162,000. This is the lowest total since 1985. Within this dwelling fires hit a 25 year low (56,400, down 2%), fires in other buildings - including workplaces and areas where people gather - are at their lowest since 1963 (down 7% to 33,200) and road vehicle fires again fell (by 9% to 60,600) to their lowest total since 1990. Secondary fires rose by 6% to 267,100 as there was a large increase in grassland fires (37%). These fires are closely linked to temperature, with July 2006 being the hottest July on record. Attendances at false alarms dropped by 1% to 436,500. Within this there was a 15% fall in malicious false alarms and a slight decrease in false alarms due to apparatus.

Almost 40 percent of residential fires start there, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department statistics from a 12-month period.

Questa sezione presenta i risultati dell'indagine CASA SICURA, finanziata dall'Istituto Italiano del Rame e dall'European Copper Institute e dedicata allo stato di conformità degli impianti elettrici alle prescrizioni della Legge 46/90 a dieci anni dalla sua entrata in vigore e a tre anni dal termine entro il quale tutti gli impianti preesistenti dovevano essere adeguati.

Use ESFI material to increase electrical safety awareness in your home, workplace and your community. Most ESFI electrical safety information is available to download free of charge.

Such was the case for California parents who should not have let their seven-year-old and nine-year-old daughters play in a filled bathtub near a hair dryer, especially when the dryer should not have been plugged in, and the outlet should have had a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). Both children died when the dryer fell into the bathtub.