Short is the word describing a situation in which the electricity in the system caused a momentary fire. Usually the protections caused that the electric house  will stop due to a fault only in your apartment or in a certain area of it.
The repair is the diagnosis and removal of a hazard, whether it involves replacing parts or repairing a defect.
At every visit to a customer, we always check a short but comprehensive safety inspection of the residential electrical panel - at no extra charge!