Any type of fire damage on a property is a devastating event, but when it affects a business\u2019 bottom line it can be a particularly catastrophic experience.\u00a0 For commercial property owners or managers, fire prevention and employee safety are undoubtedly chief concerns.<\/p>\n
By knowing the most common types of fire within commercial properties, as well as the primary and secondary damage that can be incurred by them, businesses can ensure all the necessary steps are taken to get operations back to normal as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n
Cooking equipment malfunctions, as well as unintended accidents in kitchens, break-rooms, and other areas where employees prepare meals, pose major risks to all types of businesses, not just those that cook food professionally.\u00a0 Food items left unattended while being prepared, as well other human errors in handling, installing, or operating cooking devices can have incredibly destructive consequences.<\/p>\n
While kitchens are at a high-risk for an accidental blaze, there are some easy steps that business owners can take to make sure these areas are protected.\u00a0 Sprinklers, alarms, and easily accessible fire extinguishers are crucial first steps, but employee safety training is just as important. \u00a0Both by implementing protocols and safety procedures in food prep areas and by devising an employee fire evacuation plan, business owners can stave off damage caused by kitchen accidents.<\/p>\n
Electrical wiring that hasn\u2019t been regularly maintained, is improperly wired, degraded, or just plain defective can be a major building vulnerability.\u00a0 Making sure that all wiring and electrical components are operational, kept up to code, adequately serviced, and suitable for the needs of the facility are essential steps in deterring a fire.<\/p>\n
Heaters, boilers, and furnaces all carry their own distinct risks if not properly installed, kept up to code, or regularly cleaned.\u00a0 Jurisdictions have regulations in place to ensure heating units are properly maintained, yet there is still a distinct danger, even if all procedures are followed.\u00a0 Proper servicing and maintenance to all heating systems are crucial components in a business owner\u2019s fire prevention arsenal.<\/p>\n
Despite indoor smoking now being relatively obsolete in most parts of North America, improper disposal of cigarettes and cigarette smoke damage remain an occasional cause for concern.\u00a0 If smoking occurs on a facility\u2019s property, designated smoking areas that are ample distance from any combustible material and making clearly marked receptacles for extinguishing cigarettes readily available to smokers, are easy ways to avoid having to make costly cigarette smoke damage restorations.<\/p>\n
Other accidentally started fires in the workplace have significant risk-factors, as, unfortunately, do arson and intentionally started fires.\u00a0 Monitoring systems and fire suppression units are strong deterrents in stopping maliciously caused fire, as are regular cleaning and removal of flammable materials from facility grounds.<\/p>\n
While the general danger of fire concerns everyone equally, properties in certain geographic regions face different threats than others.\u00a0 Wildfires in the western United States and other low humidity, low moisture regions pose a significant hazard to commercial properties.<\/p>\n
When a facility is in an area that could potentially be affected by wildfire or wildfire smoke, the best way to reduce the exposure is to be prepared.\u00a0 Keeping HVAC systems serviced, properties clean of debris, and generally understanding the hazards and types of threats of the region can help in avoiding events that are costly and difficult to overcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1614,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Learn the different types of fire damage and how each affects your property. Understand what to expect and how professional restoration can help.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"categories":[45,65],"tags":[],"resource-type":[48],"class_list":["post-1613","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-fire-smoke-articles","resource-type-articles"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":45,"label":"All Articles"},{"value":65,"label":"Fire and Smoke Damage"}],"resource-type":[{"value":48,"label":"Articles"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/types-of-fire-electrical-fire-damage-to-room-1024x370.jpeg",1024,370,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"wp-support","author_link":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/author\/wp-support\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1613"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type?post=1613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}