This weekend marks Daylight Savings time when we “fall back” an hour. A general rule of thumb is to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors when Daylight Savings Time ends and begins (unless you have a special detector –…
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Category: Home, Personal, Prevention, Technology
Tags: Daylight Savings Time, fire extinguishers, fire prevention, fire prevention tips, low battery, National Fire Protection Association, smoke alarm, smoke detector
Happy New Year or “HNY” if you are an acronym enthusiast like my 14-year-old. All kidding aside, it sure seems like acronyms have become a part of our daily lives. Some of us drive SUVs, most of us use ATMs,…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Loss Control, Risk Management
Tags: alarms, fire extinguishers, fire protection systems, fire rate, insurance premium, insurance rating system, Insurance Services Office, ISO, loss control consultant, sprinklers
Thinking about buying your dream home, adding on to your current home, or entering the house flipping business? Ensuring that your home or rental property is safe from the inside out may be more important than having a security system…
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Category: Central, Home, Loss Control, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management
Tags: CLUE Report, contractor, fire, fire extinguishers, home inspection, homeowners insurance, house fire, Safety Tips
Have you ever wondered about some of the terms your insurance agent uses to describe the location of your insured property? What exactly goes into developing the insurance premiums that you pay? It’s not like you can see, touch, or taste…
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Loss Control, Prevention, Risk Management, Saving Money
Tags: central station alarm, fire extinguishers, fire pump, municipal fire protection system, PPC, public protection class, Public Protection Classification, public protection classification program, rating system, smoke detectors
Where do you feel safest from the threat of a fire? At home? You’re not alone. A 2008 nationwide survey by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers showed that 79% of Americans feel safer from fire at home than in…
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Category: Central, Home, Personal, Prevention
Tags: emergency exits, fire alarms, fire deaths, fire evacuation plan, fire extinguishers, fire protection, Safety Tips, smoke detectors, sprinklers
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