This project supports the efforts of the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board in Melbourne, Victoria to investigate potential risk associated with placing high electrical demand on deteriorating residential wiring systems. Our project team analyzed electricity consumption and fire incident data, and conducted a survey and interviews which indicated the existence of an increase in electricity consumption per capita and related electrical fires from 1986 to 2009. We made recommendations to implement routine residential electrical inspections, address failing electrical distribution systems attributable to overloads and establish stronger consumer awareness of associated risk.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Reader, Harold Fredrick
• Emberley, Richard Lawrence
• Distler, Daniel Bruce
• Taillefer, Zachary Ryan

Subject

• Well-Being
• Security
• Community
• Sustainability
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043010-213253

Keyword

• Fire protection engineering
• Fire prevention

Advisor

• Mathews, Lauren M.
• Christopher, Peter R.

Year

• 2010

Center

• Melbourne, Australia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board

Date created

• 2010-04-30

Location

• Melbourne

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-01-06