Smoking Materials: Leading Cause of Fire Deaths Do you smoke? Did you know that smoking materials are the leading cause of fire deaths? These materials can quickly ignite items within and outside of your home, especially mattresses, bedding, upholstered furniture, and trash. Fortunately, fires caused by smoking materials are preventable. We highly recommend you follow […]
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Why You Must Mitigate Water Damage Quickly Have you recently experienced water damage from a leaking roof, flood, or burst pipe? If so, you need to mitigate quickly! The risk of incurring more damages drastically increases the longer the water sits in your home or business. The sitting water could initiate microbial growth. This water
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Firework Safety Given the glorious 4th of July is tomorrow, we thought that it would be beneficial to share the dangers of fireworks, especially since more fires are reported on July 4th than any other day of the year as per the National Safety Council’s research. Fireworks cause an average of 18,500 reported fires each
School Fire Safety It’s that time of the year again! Summer is coming to an end, and students and teachers are heading back to school. Based upon the research conducted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), an annual average of 4,980 structure fires occurred in educational properties, and approximately 69% took place in the
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10 Safety Tips for High-rise Apartment & Condo Buildings It’s National Fire Prevention Week! Given our recent emergency response to a 60-unit condo building in Elmwood Park, we thought it would be fitting to offer the ten below safety tips for renters and owners of high-rise apartments and condominium buildings. Before renting an apartment or
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10 Hotel Fire Safety Tips As the holidays quickly approach, the number of travelers will begin to increase. Many of these travelers will seek lodging in hotels. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) indicated that approximately 3,900 hotel and motel fires were reported to U.S. fire departments each year from 2014 to 2016. The USFA reported
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Frozen Pipe Prevention This year’s polar vortex is expected to bring record-low temperatures to the Chicagoland area, beginning today. We must embrace for this historic cold as we could be enduring temperatures colder than those in Mount Everest and the Arctic. We must not only protect ourselves but also our homes, especially to avoid pipes
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Fall Safety Tips Fall has officially arrived. As the weather and leaves change, it is important to keep the below fall safety tips in mind. Before using your heating system, ensure all equipment is property running and verify there are no leaks. If you have a central heating system, have it cleaned, inspected, and serviced
What to Do When a Pipe Bursts Why does a pipe burst? Water pipes burst because the water inside them expands as the temperature gets close to freezing, and this causes an increase in pressure inside the pipe. When the pressure gets too high for the pipe to contain, it ruptures. When you know a pipe has burst, here are
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Be Prepared: Emergency Board-Up Services Typically board-up services are performed when windows and doors have been broken. Plywood boards are secured to the structure as to prevent anyone from entering the premise and to keep the area and people safe. Often, board-up services are performed after a fire has happened in a home or business.
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