There are roughly 100,000 commercial fires that take place in the U.S. every year. These fires do more than $2 billion worth of damage on an annual basis and cause hundreds of deaths and injuries. Finding a fire safety solution for your business can help protect both your building and, more importantly, your employees and customers. Here are several of the things you should look for in your new fire safety solution.
Centralized control panels
When you’re installing a new fire safety solution in your commercial building, it’s important for you to be able to control it easily. The solution should include easy-to-use control panels that allow you to monitor and control your entire system. Many newer control panels come with things like Internet connectivity and even touchscreen technology that make it simpler than ever to keep an eye on things and seek service for your system.
Networked technology
There are many different of a fire safety solution. It’s essential for you to take advantage of networked technology to tie all of them together. This will really come in handy for those who work out of especially large buildings or buildings with multiple floors.
Emergency notifications
In the event of a fire, you want your fire safety solution to be ready to spring into action and let everyone in your building know. Your solution should take a multifaceted approach to notifying everyone about a fire. The best fire safety solutions utilize everything from loud horns to bright strobe lights to let the occupants of a building know that a fire has started.
Once you have a fire safety solution in place, you’ll need to get into the habit of maintaining it so that it’s always working the way it should. This will sometimes mean replacing the parts within your solution. Life Safety Consultants offers the products you’ll need to keep your fire safety solution up and running. Call us at 888-557-0558 today to order parts for your system.
