It’s that time of year. Candles, holiday cooking, space heaters, and decorations create a festive and cozy home, but they can also trigger fire hazards. It’s easy to get consumed by all the fun this time of the year, so… Read More
Archive for the ‘Fire Prevention’ Category
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4 Fire Prevention Tips for Retailers
Minimizing a potential fire risk at your business is an essential responsibility to help protect your clients, staff, and property. For business owners, fire damages can extend beyond physical repairs. This can mean weeks or months of lost revenue while… Read More
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Simple Tips to Prevent an Unexpected Fire at Your Construction Site
An unexpected fire can happen anywhere at any time. These sudden emergency circumstances may occur at your commercial building or outdoors. In addition, construction site fires offer unique, dangerous problems when an unexpected fire occurs. Therefore, it’s vital to know… Read More
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5 Fire Safety Tips for Your Restaurant
Restaurants are at high risk of a small fire turning into a dangerous blaze. Hot oils, paper products, electrical appliances, cleaning chemicals, cooking equipment, and open flames make restaurants susceptible to fire. A fire can cause destruction of property, loss… Read More
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How to Prevent Kitchen Fires
There are, unfortunately, many ways people can prevent kitchen fires. Despite this, kitchen fires are all too common among homes and businesses alike. In fact, kitchen fires are one of the most common types of fires firefighters deal with on… Read More
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The Biggest Holiday Fire Threats
For most of us, the holiday season conjures nothing but positive associations. But the holidays are associated with some of the highest rates of house fires in the year. According to the National Fire Protection Association, an average of 770… Read More
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Fire Protection Tips for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is only a week away. For most Americans, the holiday conjures up positive associations. But not for all. A disproportionate amount of residential fires occur on Thanksgiving. According to the US Fire Administration, an average of five people per… Read More
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Safety Considerations for Fireplaces in Apartments
Our area has numerous historical structures that have been converted into apartments. A surprising number of these have fireplaces in them. This is a relic of a time before central heating, when wood-burning fireplaces were often the most economical way… Read More
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Reducing the Risk of Candle Fires
As the weather gets cooler, many of us go out of our way to make the indoors cozier. For some, this means lighting a fire in your fireplace. But many homes don’t have fireplaces, so we have to settle for… Read More
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Common Causes of House Fires
No one should ever have to experience a house fire. If a house fire gets out of control, it has the potential to be immensely destructive. In a worst-case scenario, it can even lead to the loss of human life…. Read More