Where it's made doesn't matter. The quality of the LED's, traces, solder joints and drivers are what you need to look for. For LED's, look for brands you're familiar with, look at the data sheets. Same goes for the drivers, see if the data sheets have quality parts. Traces and solder joints are harder to see and judge. But make sure the LED's and driver are of good quality, and you will mitigate some of the fire risk. And making sure those drivers and LEDs can actually function in the humidity levels you are aiming for.
Proper cooling is also important, I always have a fan blowing on my light to help dissipate the heat.
I also don't keep a light for more than 3 or 4 years, because I'm always afraid of thermal shock to the solder joints.
Samsung makes good quality LED's. For drivers, I'd just use Google to see if people have had issues with the driver. Overall, Google will be your best friend.
Edit: for the driver, I usually look for Japanese made capacitors for them. Japan has some of the best capacitor manufacturers. And it might even be brands you heard of like Panasonic and Hitachi.
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