ELECTRICAL FIRE DUE TO SHORT CIRCUIT & ELECTRICAL SAFETY – Part 4

Methods and tips to make Electrical Safety Audits

This part of the webinar discussed about the legal requirements of verification and safety audits in an electrical installation and few of the methods to Inspect and Test an electrical installation. It was specially organised due to the news in media that 70% fire incidents due to short circuit; BMC wants housing societies to conduct electrical audit in Mumbai.

Key note speaker Shri. M V Deshmukh explained about his experience on fire accidents and electrical fires (fire due to short circuit) in Maharashtra.

fire due to short circuit and electrical safety audits

The webinar was attended by more than 300 participants, with more than 160 joining at the beginning of the program.

fire due to short circuit and electrical safety audits

Safety audits is the best technique to ensure safety in an electrical installation.

Electrical safety audits if made as per the modern methods will ensure safety against the possible risk such as electrocution and ignition of fire from short circuit. But What to be audited and how to audit depends up on the knowledge of the auditor. Most often unimportant subjects are audited, which do not produce any result. The IS732:1989 included 10 different testing, how ever this is yet to be practices in India. It is not a surprise to know that there are safety auditors who are unaware of the recommended electrical safety Inspection and testing requirements.

Part 4 of the webinar series “FIRE DUE TO SHORT CIRCUIT” explains the ways and methods of an electrical safety audit based on the upcoming National Electrical Code of India.