Business owners always seem to have too much on their plates. It can make it easy to overlook something as important as commercial fire safety. However, if a fire ever takes place in your business and spirals out of control, it could be devastating for your company. Here is a checklist that you should run… Read more »
In the event of a fire in your home or business, a fire alarm or smoke detector might be your first and last line of defense. These items will let you know that a fire is taking place and give you the time you will need to respond accordingly. In some cases, that might mean… Read more »
To make sure the fire alarm system in your industrial building is working the way it should, you’ll need to subject it to fire safety inspections on a regular basis. You’ll also need to take the necessary steps to ensure that it passes inspections with flying colors. Here are just a few of the reasons… Read more »
If a fire occurs at a house, it’s a residential fire. If it occurs at a place where the public spends money and gathers for business or pleasure, such as a store or hotel, it’s deemed a commercial fire. Specifically, a commercial fire is defined by some as a fire that breaks out in an… Read more »
Do you own or manage a commercial building? If so, you know that safety is something people think about, especially if there are unsafe conditions inside or around the building. For instance, what if a fire starts? Are there smoke detectors that are in working order? What about sprinkler systems? Is there a plan to… Read more »
Sometimes safety gets put on the back burner, but that’s not good. Commercial buildings tend to be used by a lot of different people, whether they’re office workers, delivery people, customers/visitors, etc. And no one wants a building to go up in flames and kill people. Therefore, it behooves the powers-that-be to care about fire… Read more »
Have you ever noticed a derelict building in a city? It looks abandoned and ugly, doesn’t it? No one’s taking care of it to the point where it seems like it’s literally falling apart. That’s not good. Just like with buildings, our stuff needs to be taken care of, whether it’s appliances, cars, clothing or… Read more »
Perhaps the most important part of owning a business is making sure employees and customers are safe inside your commercial building. You always want to hope for the best while preparing for the worse, especially when it comes to protecting your building from fire. Here are the things you should make sure your building has… Read more »
Commercial buildings are places that house businesses and such– so, for example, malls, retail shops, hotels, medical centers and office buildings are all commercial buildings. And do these types of buildings often have common safety violations? You bet! Now if you frequent a commercial building– say you work in one– you want to make sure… Read more »
It’s that time of the year when people put up Christmas trees and decorate them with lights, tinsel, ornaments and more. And this is also the time of year when Christmas trees could catch on fire and burn down businesses. Yikes! Holidays Increase Chances of Fires Consider all the things that could cause a fire… Read more »