Preventing fires and emissions with data and technology

– We have performed around 4,000 electrical fire safety inspections, covering more than 41,000 electrical substations in operation. We work closely together with our customers to increase their understanding of the risks of electric fires and to share information. As an insurance company, we know our customers’ business particularly well, and we can understand the risks that are especially harmful to them", says Jussi Lehtonen. 

Safety inspections especially focus on the electrical centre of the business. The reason is that the electrical centre is at the heart of the operational reliability of a business, and even limited damage to an electrical centre can halt all production. Electrical safety plays a very important role when considering the overall safety within a company, but few are aware of this in time, and we want to help our customers to understand this. 

If Safety Academy puts together facts 

There are very few comparable data collections or statistics on electric fire risks. An additional major challenge is that smaller electrical fires and serious near-misses are often not investigated and reported to the same extent. Lack of information easily leads to a distorted feeling of security about the associated risks. The work of the If Safety Academy puts together facts about the state of Finnish electrical safety.

Statistics are used to identify whether this is a national phenomenon or an individual case. Authorities, partners and equipment manufacturers are informed about the perceived risks, so the opportunities for influencing are extensive. The collected facts are difficult to ignore, so the results have wide-ranging social significance. 

The operating process of the Safety Academy has been created so that it can be extended to the mapping of other key risks in the business environment, among other things occupational safety risks.