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Electrical Safety Roundtable. Charlotte Lee, External Affairs Manager NAPIT and founding participant, Electrical Safety Roundtable. An industry forum, supported by a wide range of stakeholders . It meets three times a year to discuss, promote and improve electrical safety in the home - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Electrical Safety RoundtableCharlotte Lee, External Affairs Manager NAPIT and founding participant, Electrical Safety
Roundtable
What is the Electrical Safety Roundtable?
• An industry forum, supported by a wide range of stakeholders .
• It meets three times a year to discuss, promote and improve electrical safety in the home
• Key campaigning priorities 2014:• Mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented
sector• Better enforcement of Part P of the building regulations• Individual competence
Attendance is open to all!!!
The concept: Home MOTs
Home MOT- what could/should be included?
SafetyEfficiency
Structure
Heating Supply Mains Gas, Oil, LPG, electric
Carbon Monoxide and fire detection alarms
Electricity
EPC rating
Annual costs
Heating source
Damp
Structural Survey
When is a Home MOT most relevant?
Home MOT- aspects already regulated, promoted, accepted??
SafetyEfficiency
Structure
Heating Supply Mains Gas, Oil, LPG, electric
Carbon Monoxide and fire detection alarms
Electricity
EPC rating
Annual costs
Heating source
Damp
Structural Survey
Green Deal Advice Report
Electrical Safety- The Risk
16% of renters have experienced problems with electrical hazards in the past year, according to housing charity Shelter.
On average, more than 3,000 people each year are admitted to hospital as a result of an electric
shock
Around 10% of domestic fires in Great Britain were caused by electrical distribution systems (household wiring etc).
Criteria for considering: Home MOT
Viability/realistic Cost
Where’s the biggest risk
What’s currently out there to build on
Widely supported
Our Solution: Home Safety MOT
Carbon Monoxide alarm
Electrical Safety Check
Gas safety certificateFire detection alarm
Details of Home Safety MOT
Annual check for existence and function of Carbon Monoxide and fire detection alarm
Annual gas safety certificate, where applicable, carried out by a GasSafe Registered installer
Electrical Installation Condition Report every 5 years carried out by a competent electrician experienced in carrying out EICR’s and a visual inspection every year using an industry designed checklist
Recommendation vs Requirement
Requiring Home Safety MOT’s in Rental HomesAmend the Landlords and Tenants act 1985, to bring the wording into line with that of The Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006: (a) ensure that every fixed electrical installation is inspected and tested at intervals not exceeding five years by a person qualified to undertake such inspection and testing;(b) obtain a certificate from the person conducting that test, specifying the results of the test
Plus include requirement for Carbon Monoxide and fire detection alarms to be present in all rented homes.
Regulate Educate Promote
Encouraging Home Safety MOT’s in the owner occupied sector
Educate Promote
Thank you for listening Any questions?