Short Circuit of Spliced Electrical Cord Cause of Fire Carter Wins Endorsement of Labor Leaders
7Tide, -Sun, Temp. Weather Forecast 7 .Lgh J4~-S:O~m UA with winds Low tide-- :4Opm U L 12-14 knots. Swtve---- :l5pm f Bay cond. 2 High --- 90 1A. ~soe ko'eb~ei~~Irbjd.3 feet. Vol. 31 No. 169 U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Wednesday, September 1, 1976 Short circuit of spliced electrical cord cause of fire The Navy and Marine Corps fire loss experience (ashore) for FY 1975 indicates that 9.2 per cent or $323,048 of the total loss was due to electrical problems (wiring, cables, fuses, conveyors or electric- ity). Electrical fires were second highest in cause after incendiarism which ranked number one with a total loss of $935,780, or 26.5 per cent. In almost all fires there are ma- jor or minor factors contributing to the cause of the fire. The fact- ors may be one or a combination of the following: human element fail- ure, improper or defective equip- ment, improper operating procedures, poor housekeeping, improper instal- *etion of equipment, or improper intenance. Last Friday evening, the Fire Department responded to a fire in family quarters N-306. A room air conditioner had been provided with a spliced electrical service cord. The electrical cord was connected to an ungrounded wall recepticle. A short circuit occurred at the FIRE: Right photo: Three wires from air conditioner (upper left) were spliced portion of the electrical spliced into a power cord and plugged into an ungrounded wall recepta- cord igniting some clothing that had cle (lower right) which short circuited causing fire.
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