Fire Hazards Often Ignored
Whether you are moving into a new home or whatever home situation you may have. Fire safety should be among one of your top priorities. We’ve been able to feature the things, tips and tricks that you should do to ensure fire safety. For this time, we’ll be featuring the things that you should look out for that put your home at risk.
- Fire exits and passageways
It’s a no brainer to think that fire exits and passageways should be passable but, for some people, putting things in these places may seem convenient for them for a short amount of time but will definitely pose a great risk, if any emergency should ever happen.
- Lack of Lighting
Cost-cutting comes in many ways and forms. Some business owners try to do this with their lighting system. Do you know the fire exit signs that only light up when there’s electricity? Guess what, it won’t light up when the electricity is cut. Your best bet is to have photoluminescent signs and/or better yet emergency lights that have an exit sign too.
- Alarm, Sprinklers and Fire Extinguisher Inspections
Fire alarms, smoke detectors, sprinklers, and fire extinguishers are all essentials to ensuring the highest possible level of fire safety. It’s not necessary to have all of these things present but it would definitely be an advantage to have most of these.
According to the U.S. Fie Administration, alarms need to be checked if they are properly working at least every month and the batteries should be replaced at least once or twice a year. Sprinklers, on the other hand, should only be painted on by manufacturers. Problems arise if sprinklers were uncovered when a place was being painted as this may cause the paint to be splattered on the sprinklers and may hinder water from being properly dispensed.
There are at least five major types of fire extinguishers. In order to make sure that they work properly, refilling or replacing fire extinguishers should be regularly scheduled and to maximize their use, fire extinguisher training should be attended. The maintenance intervals of fire extinguishers depending on the type that you have. It’s best to consult experts like our licensed contractors for these matters.
- Using piping or sprinklers as ornament holders
Okay, since sprinklers and pipes are there, might as well decorate them to make a place more aesthetically pleasing, right? Decorations make a space more alive, especially on holidays. Most people might not see the problem here but sprinklers and pipes were installed for a specific purpose which your decorations might interfere with.
For your concerns, contact our licensed, experienced, bonded and insured technicians with this number: (510) 679-1740.