Improving electrical safety in countries

Home electricity is very safe, if used in the appropriate manner. Unfortunately, this is not common practice in the majority of countries. The result is risk for fires with electrical source or electrocution.
This project aims to raise awareness about these risks and demonstrate how we can improve the situation.
The goal is to get as many countries as possible to assess their level of electrical safety.
It was an initiative of ICA Europe, with the support of FISUEL.

The Electrical Safety Barometer

The level of residential electrical safety differs greatly between countries. This worldwide Barometer aims to allow of describing the electrical safety situation in a country and to offer the possibility to compare it with other country level.
Before taking action, it is essential to understand and fully appreciate the gaps, the voids and the lacks, in terms of regulations and practices.
The 13 proposed criteria will help to appreciate this problematic in the country and to manage actions plan to increase the electrical safety level.

13 major criteria

The Electrical Safety Barometer consists of 13 criteria, as standards, rules, inspections, Utilities, education, etc.
Each of these 13 criteria has a weighting factor which enables to determine the electrical safety level of the country (X%).

Around 2010, the WESB was estimate for some countries.
Between 2024 & 2026, Fisuel launches a new study
– to update these 2010 data to appréciate the evolution thanks to Fisuel
– and to expand to other countries for a worldwide representation of 100 countries.