We want to help you prevent fires in the workplace and your residence. With planning, preparation and education, consumers and businesses alike can take meaningful steps to avoid the danger and destruction of commercial and residential fires. Use this information to make your home and business safer year round!
Figures provided by the U.S. Fire Administration.
It is easy to collect clutter! Whether you have a home or business, clutter is always a factor. Harboring items that have been acquired, items you have spent money for, keepsake items or stockpiled inventory or supplies can definitely be a fire hazard. If a fire starts near an area that has a large quantity of clutter, the flames spread more quickly. Now is the time to go through your home or business and declutter. Make sure emergency exits and escape routes are not blocked by clutter, furniture or other assets.
Everyone wants to make sure their electronic device is charged. Between smart phones, tables, televisions, computers, appliances, lighting and other devices… electrical outlets are in demand in any home or business. Overloaded circuits cause overheating and overheating can cause a fire. When overtaxed, circuit breakers can also malfunction, which can cause a fire. Consider these tips:
Different appliances and equipment produce higher amounts of heat than others. As an example, copy machines or coffee makers run hot. Make sure appliances and equipment that run hot stay away from products that will fuel a fire, such as paper. So if you have a copy machine or printer, keep it separate from the paper.
Each month, smoke alarms and smoke detectors should be checked and tested. If you have not replaced your smoke alarms or smoke detectors in the past 10 years, replace them. Smoke alarm and smoke detectors that are older than 10 years old are prone to malfunction and do not contain updated technology.
Each quarter, practice fire evacuation drills. Also, make sure you plan for the worst by having a business continuity plan. Disaster restoration planning allows your to minimize financial losses, disruptions, establish evacuation plans and communicate during times of emergency. Click the links below to learn more:
Never leave anything cooking unattended, even for a minute! Food burning can cause protein fires, which we cover in the next section. Protein fires can cause smoke odor damage and require specific equipment to remediate. To avoid this danger, always supervise your cooking and do not leave food cooking for long periods of time unsupervised.
Most people think a fire is a fire, but did you know there are different types of fire? All fire damage produces smoke odor damage and the home or business usually also suffers water damage from putting out the fire.
Protein fires are most often caused by cooking and are resulting from burning food that is high in protein like food or meat. If you have experienced a fire in your kitchen from burning food, the smell may not go away! Fire damage restoration of a protein fire requires very through cleaning to get rid of the odor and residue. Specific equipment and training is necessary to get the job done successfully.
Complex fires are caused by multiple natural and synthetic items inside your home have burned causing black smoke residue on contents and surfaces and synthetic smoke odors. Here, emergency corrosion mitigation is needed to protect at-risk surfaces.
If you experience a fire near your home or business and the smoke odor or smoke residue has penetrated the structure from the outside, you have experienced natural fire damage. Black soot requires specialized equipment to resolve.
When microwaves or hot water heaters explode, ovens burst into flames or dryers catch fire, that’s when you know you have experienced an appliance fire. Black soot and smoke odor damage require expert knowledge, skill and equipment to resolve.
When electrical circuits become overloaded from too much demand, electrical fires occur. Electrical fires can also be caused by faulty, old wiring and can produce some pungent smoke odor damage. To remove the black soot and smell, we have the processes and technology to restore your home or business back to its original condition.
Why Fire Damage Repair Needs to Happen Immediately
Obvious signs such as discoloration on walls or ceilings can disappear with replacement of the affected material. However, the smoke odor will not go away as it becomes trapped in hidden places and can continue to cause damage the longer it lingers. Air conditioner vents, spaces behind walls or the outside walls of your home or business are all areas where ash and soot can hide and continue to cause smoke odor damage if they are not resolved immediately.
Processes and technology are the key to handle fire damage when it happens. As a trusted fire damage contractor, we will make sure fire damage and smoke odor damage is handled property by:
