An emergency fire response plan can save lives when a fire occurs. Chaos and confusion can reign when a fire threatens your employees and business. A detailed and rehearsed emergency fire response plan is the best way to prevent this from happening. By providing your employees with the proper evacuation training, they will be able to leave the office quickly…
Maintaining your fire suppression systems are vital to ensure that they work properly when a fire occurs. Fire suppression systems often work in conjunction with a fire alarm system to provide safety and protection for a building or area. There are many different types of fire suppression systems which include: Clean agent systems Fire extinguishers Wet…
Workplace fires occur every year resulting in serious damage to property and even injury and death. Negligence is a leading cause of these fires and most could be prevented with more care and attention. One of the best ways to protect your business against fire is to educate your employees on the causes of fire…
The flames of a fire have several different colors. The colors in the flames represent the different substances that are undergoing combustion in the fire. Hotter fires burn with more energy which are different colors than cooler fires. Although red usually means hot or danger, in fires it indicates cooler temperatures. While blue represents cooler…
The holidays are a time for families and friends to get together and enjoy favorite holiday traditions. Unfortunately, it is a time when house fires increase resulting in high costs and more deaths than any other time of year. Here are some important fire safety tips to ensure that your family’s holidays are both happy…
Do you have enough fire extinguishers in your workplace to be up to code and are they located in areas that increase the safety those inside? That depends on two factors – the square footage of your building and its pre-defined hazard level. According to building codes and OSHA standards, these factors are used when…
Backflow is when contaminated water has reversed flow and entered clean water lines. The water supply is kept at a high pressure so that water can easily flow out of any faucet in your business or home. However, the sewage system is not pressurized, it depends on gravity to remove waste from the business or…
Fire Control Systems attended the Cracker Barrel 2019 Managers Conference celebrating 50 years of pleasing people since 1969. We learned about the new developments within the organization and the sales driving initiatives. The conference created opportunities to meet the senior executives and interact with other suppliers. Cracker Barrel began in 1969 and had 13 locations…
Underwriter Laboratories wrote a standard for restaurant suppression systems called UL 300 that outlines specific guidelines that must be met to receive a UL 300 label. Each system manufacturer is required to submit their system for testing by the Underwriters Laboratories to ensure that it will work with today’s commercial cooking equipment. Since 2014, most…
Fire protection systems sometimes damage or even destroy the items they are intended to protect. Clean agent fire suppression systems were developed to prevent damage of equipment, records, people and other assets that are vital to a business. They use gas instead of water to put out the fire without causing damage. When heat or…