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33% of Residential Fires Link to Electrical Distribution Equipment
Ontario’s Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) warns the public that 33% of residential fires reported by the office of the Ontario Fire Marshal are associated with electrical distribution equipment. This includes: electrical circuit wiring, damaged or improperly rated extension cords or cable, panel and circuit boards, and receptacles and switches; and are prevalent in both copper and aluminum wiring systems. Investigations of these electrical fires identified that 34% are attributed to incorrect or improper installation and procedure.
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2008 Electrical Inspection Fees
A quick reference guide to Electrical Inspection Fees
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Electrical Shock and Fire Hazard Safety Tips
Students leaving home to further their education through enrollment in a community college, university or similar post-secondary facility are learning about life. For many of these students, this is the first time they will live away from the family home and the security of a safe home environment.
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Aluminum Wiring
Since January of 2003 the Electrical Safety
Authority has received an increasing number of
questions about the safety of aluminum wiring.
In particular, purchasers or owners of homes
built from the mid 1960’s until the late 1970’s
with aluminum wiring are finding that many
insurers will not provide or renew insurance
coverage on such properties unless the wiring is
inspected and repaired or replaced as necessary
and this work is inspected by ESA and a copy of
the certificate of inspection is provided to the
insurer.
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Hazards due to the misuse of Extension Cords
In the past ten years there have been five fatalities, and numerous fires in Ontario associated with the misuse of extension cords.
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