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New Taipei firefighters’ top tips for preventing electrical fires

As the mercury drops many of us are turning to our trusty heaters and maybe electric blankets. But electrical appliances can be fire hazards. After a recent accident in New Taipei, firefighters are urging the public to make sure they use electric appliances carefully. Most electrical fires are caused by easily preventable human error. A firefighter pulls out a paper tissue and places it on the electric heater. In just 12 seconds, it’s caught fire. Test the heater’s temperature and you find it’s reached 161 degrees Celsius just a minute after being turned on. Heaters are serious fire hazards. In early January, New Taipei firefighters were called to a fire they think started when an electric blanket short-circuited. A man in his 80s was taken to hospital with injuries. The fire department says popular electric heating elements often cause fires, usually because of the misuse of an extension cord. Wang Hui-hui New Taipei fire department We should always try not to wrap our extension cords or power cables in on themselves. When using high-voltage electric products or appliances, don’t crowd them all onto one socket and use them at the same time. Plugging lots of appliances onto one extension lead can overload the circuit, causing plugs to heat up and catch fire. Forgetting to turn off an electric hot plate can also lead it to catch fire. With user errors causing most such accidents, consumers are keen to find products that have extra safety features. Chen Chien-hung Electrical shop owner Actually nowadays everything with a heating element, like electric fans or heaters, they all have a kind of fuse mechanism built in. So when it overloads a tab pops out and breaks the circuit. If you knock it over it will break the circuit. The important thing is to not cover the appliance. Even the safest of electricals can cause a fire if used incorrectly. Firefighters warn to be sure your products have the correct certificates, but above all use them carefully, and get them checked out if anything seems awry.