Electrical Safety in the Home

The presence of electricity in a dwelling involves two kinds of safety risks. The first is the most obvious and direct: the risk for the residents on electro-shock. The second safety risk is indirect and therefore more difficult to map: the risk of electrical faults causing fire.

Those risks can be reduced by the usage of safe electrical appliances and by a responsible behaviour of the residents. However, to make the system humanfail- proof, a proper design of the electrical system in the house is imperative.

There is a large variation in the quality level of residential electrical installations. There are variations between countries, but also variations due to the age of the installation and the financial potential of the owners. Those variations are clearly reflected in the fire statistics.

Examples of Asian countries show that mandatory certificates based on periodic inspections are an effective tool to ensure best practices in electrical installations.

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