Spring brings us fresh air and motivates most people to give their homes a thorough cleaning. Make sure your annual ritual of spring cleaning includes these following areas: Check the major appliances As you’re going through the house with your spring cleaning checklist, be sure to take time to clean out your major appliances. Pay… Continue Reading
Disaster strikes without warning. Having a procedure in place for emergencies may be the key to your family’s safety. The first step to creating an emergency plan is to gather everyone in your household together. As a group, develop a fire emergency plan that can be implemented at a moment’s notice. Sketch a map Mapping… Continue Reading
A property manager has many responsibilities. At the top of the list, however, is to protect their building and tenants from a residential property fire. Here are a few things a property manager can do to practice proper fire safety and effectively protect their tenants. Understand your tenants Effective communication is vital to the safety… Continue Reading
When building a new home or commercial building, it is important for a builder to take all necessary steps to make the structure as safe as possible. At the top of the list of measures to be taken to assure safety is the installation of a fire sprinkler system. Installing a sprinkler system is different… Continue Reading
Last June, more than 70 people died after a tragic fire took place at a London high-rise building called the Grenfell Tower. After the tragedy, local fire officials revealed that the building didn’t have any central smoke alarms or interior sprinkler systems installed. While the lack of those firefighting tools only served to make the… Continue Reading