How To Prevent Household Electrical Fires

How can I prevent household electrical fires?

Preventing household electrical fires is best done by understanding what appliances you have in your home, and also, if you have a lot of things to plug in, and you don't have enough receptacles for that, so you buy a surge strip, you need to look at the packaging on that strip to make sure that you understand how much you can put into it, how many amps, or how many watts, whatever you're looking at, and how they differentiate it. But then you have to know what your appliances are going to pull, what kind of power that they require so you don't overload those strips. If it has 6 holes in it, don't plug 6 things in it if you're overloading that particular appliances ability to handle it. This is the best way to prevent household electrical fires.