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... 12 Data Analysis The investigation team studied the electrical fires listed in the bus and rail databases created for the work described in Chapter 2. The primary cause for most of these incidents was classified by the transit agencies supplying the information as either "maintenance issues" or maintenance­ related.
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... Guidance on Reducing the Incidence of Electrical Fires 13   There are no known detailed American standards for the inspection of electrical cabling on buses and rail cars. The Australian government publishes a standard for fire protection of mobile equipment: Standard AS 5062.
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... 14 Assessing and Mitigating Electrical Fires on Transit Vehicles vehicle in the fleet. The manual should contain all important vehicle specifications and a series of illustrations showing the original routing of all hoses and cables.

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