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Protecting Your Kitchen: Restaurant Fire Safety Systems

When it comes to restaurants, you want to be known as being 'on fire' in the nonliteral sense. Unfortunately, anywhere that cooking equipment is being used is at an increased risk of a building fire. 

From fire alarm monitoring to fire sprinklers, it can be pretty confusing to know what fire protection equipment and services are necessary. Let's break down what you need to know to protect your business from a dangerous and costly fire:

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Up in Flames: Common Causes of Commercial Building Fires

We usually don't think of a fire destroying our business or office building. Typically, we're worried about less concrete threats such as a downward trending economy, high customer churn rate, the struggle to retain talented employees, legal issues, etc. But the fact is that, between 2004 and 2013, nonresidential building fires killed 65 people, injured 1,425, and created $2,461,400,000 in damage.

Learn what your business can do to prevent the most common ways that commercial building fires start. 

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How to Protect Buildings from Fires in the Winter Months: Tips for Your Tenants

Both residential and commercial buildings are at an increased risk of fires in the freezing winter months. We took a look at the most common fire hazards in buildings, and created a comprehensive list of how you and your tenants can prevent fires on your properties. 

Whether you're a property manager, facilities manager, or building owner, it's important to know the steps to take for preventing dangerous and costly fires. It's not a bad idea to pass these tips for tenants along to your building residents and users as well!

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