DETERMINATION OF THE NEED TO EQUIP SWITCHBOARDS WITH FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT STATISTICAL DATA ON FIRES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES

There are considered the statistical data on fires and their consequences (number of fires, number of fire deaths and injures, direct material damage) which sources were various types of electrical products and devices. Absolute, fractional and relative values (per number of fires) were analyzed. There were compared the values of indicators of the situation with fires, which sources were electric switchboards, with the average Russian values and values corresponding to fires from electrical equipment. There are concluded the need to equip switchboards with fire protection systems taking into account the obtained data.