JJWalecka
Senior Member
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I have been researching what State or area in the USA has the lowest house fires do to Electricity. Does anyone have any facts or figures to add? It would be appreciated.
What I found so far on fires as a whole:
Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia and Washington, DC. lead the nation in the highest incidence of fire deaths with 25 deaths per million people per year. That had me pondering what, NEC enforced, area had the lowest electrical fire average.
?The total estimated cost of fire to our society is a nearly unimaginable 165 billion dollars per year. This figure includes the cost of paid fire departments, the costs incurred for volunteer fire departments, the cost of losses, injuries, and insurance as well as the cost of fire protection added to existing and new structures.? This quote is regarding fire as a whole it is still a disturbing figure.
As contractors, do you try and educated customers on the hazards of electrical fires and the benefit of quality installations? I understand the need to spend money wisely but think of how much money we could save as a nation. You get what you pay for. I don?t understand how insurance companies can accept shoddy work.
What?s the value of life? A handyman might be able to do the work cheap but when the building burns down how much money was really saved. The lowest bidder is not necessarily better.
Sorry for going off on a tangent. Any information on the area of the USA with the lowest fires do to electrical fires would be appreciated.
What I found so far on fires as a whole:
Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia and Washington, DC. lead the nation in the highest incidence of fire deaths with 25 deaths per million people per year. That had me pondering what, NEC enforced, area had the lowest electrical fire average.
?The total estimated cost of fire to our society is a nearly unimaginable 165 billion dollars per year. This figure includes the cost of paid fire departments, the costs incurred for volunteer fire departments, the cost of losses, injuries, and insurance as well as the cost of fire protection added to existing and new structures.? This quote is regarding fire as a whole it is still a disturbing figure.
As contractors, do you try and educated customers on the hazards of electrical fires and the benefit of quality installations? I understand the need to spend money wisely but think of how much money we could save as a nation. You get what you pay for. I don?t understand how insurance companies can accept shoddy work.
What?s the value of life? A handyman might be able to do the work cheap but when the building burns down how much money was really saved. The lowest bidder is not necessarily better.
Sorry for going off on a tangent. Any information on the area of the USA with the lowest fires do to electrical fires would be appreciated.
