Living, Safety | March 30, 2024

Electrical Safety…don’t get fried!

Fire departments responded to an estimated average of 46,700 home fires involving electrical failure or malfunction each year in 2015–2019. These fires caused an estimated average of 390 civilian deaths and 1,330 civilian injuries each year in 2015–2019, as well as an estimated $1.5 billion in direct property damage a year. Electrical failures or malfunctions were the second leading cause of electrical home…