While most people think of smoke detectors, heat sensors are equally important for detecting fire hazards in spaces where smoke might not trigger a response, such as kitchens, mechanical rooms, or dusty warehouses. Ensuring these devices work properly is crucial to keeping your building and its occupants safe. The Importance of Heat Sensors in Commercial… Read more »
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 »
False alarms are costly. Whether it’s a curious passerby, accidental bump, or intentional mischief, unprotected fire alarm pull stations can be vulnerable. Every time a fire alarm is triggered without cause, it disrupts operations, sends emergency services scrambling, and costs your business time and money. That’s where a functional pull station cover steps in. It… Read more »
In order to maintain a reliable commercial fire alarm system, it’s essential you keep your smoke detector clean. Over time, dust, debris, and even insects can find their way into your smoke detectors. When this happens, detectors can become less sensitive or even trigger false alarms. In a commercial setting, these false alarms can lead… 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 »
When it comes to commercial fire alarm systems, reliability is everything. Whether you’re managing a school, hospital, warehouse, or high-rise, your fire alarm system must be ready to respond in an instant. One of the best ways to ensure that every horn sounds and every strobe flashes when it should is to invest in a… Read more »
Budgets are often determined months or even years in advance, right? So, when is it time to budget for a new fire alarm system for your building or complex? Commercial fire alarm systems have many components. And, like most products, they sometimes fail and/or stop working all-together, especially if they’re older– say, for instance, more… 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 »