Press release 2010.06.17 [Prevention of fire accidents with fans and vent fans due to aging deterioration and etc.]

Prevention of fire accidents with fans and vent fans due to aging deterioration and etc.

National Institute of Technology and Evaluation
Product Safety Technology Center
June 17, 2010

The National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) held a press briefing on the prevention of fire accidents with fans and vent fans due to aging deterioration and etc.

1. Press release

Release date:

June 17, 2010

Title:

Prevention of accidents with fire accidents with fans and vent fans due to aging deterioration and etc.

Publisher:

Product Safety Technology Center

Summary:

Among the product accident information reported to the Product Safety Technology Center have been many accidents due to “fans” and “vent fans”, and many of these accidents are due to deterioration by using them for prolonged periods (aging deterioration). Occurrence of accidents of “fans” and “vent fans” concentrates in July to August. Especially for prevention of accidents due to aging deterioration, NITE decided to offer information on abnormal actions and etc due to aging deteriorations as well as to conduct a promotion of consumers’ awareness.

Press briefing paper in Japanese

• http://www.nite.go.jp/jiko/press/prs100617set.pdf [PDF:70KB]
• http://www.nite.go.jp/jiko/press/prs100617.pdf [PDF:307KB]
• http://www.nite.go.jp/jiko/press/prs10080902.pdf [PDF:146KB]
• http://www.nite.go.jp/jiko/poster/poster.html#n100809