A Survey of Electrical Fire Causes Assessment Technology

Electrical fires frequently occur due to the ignition generated by electrical gadgets, wiring, cables, and multi-taps. These fires can cause numerous human casualties and property damage every year. The mechanisms that cause electrical fires are generally unique and require specialist research to understand their features fully. Due to the rising number of electrical fires, IT-based assessment models for electrical fire causes assessment have been proposed and experimented with to improve efficiency and accuracy. This survey aims to thoroughly examine and analyze the current advanced practices in detecting and evaluating electrical fire causes, focusing explicitly on IT-based assessment methods and simulations to provide a comprehensive review. The research objectives are achieved by conducting a survey on techniques and procedures utilized in prior works and research. Firstly, we introduce the survey of factors contributing to electrical fires. Next, electrical fire simulations to determine the causes and behavior of electrical fires are investigated. The assessment of electrical techniques to understand electrical fire causes has been emphasized. Lastly, the summaries and proposed enhancements to advance the progress in this domain are examined. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a survey on electrical fire causes assessment of IT-based approaches has been conducted. These findings are expected to become a valuable reference in this domain.